Exam 9: Aggression: Hurting Others

Raine and his colleagues found that

Researchers have argued that the presence of guns can elicit violence because they serve as aggression cues. According to your text, what other reason is associated with increased violence when guns, as compared to other weapons, are present?

A person punching a wall after losing a game of checkers is an example of

Hennigan and colleagues suggest that the larceny theft rate in U.S. cities jumped after television was first introduced because the thieves

Check and Malamuth reported that students who read erotic rape stories and were then debriefed about the study's true purpose were

Frustration grows when

Laboratory experiments confirm that exposure to violent pornography

Eron and Huesmann found that violence viewing among 875 eight-year-olds correlated with aggressiveness even after statistically pulling out several obvious possible third factors. Moreover, when they restudied these individuals as 19 years olds they discovered that viewing violence at age 8 ___________ predicted aggressiveness at age 19, but that aggressiveness at age 8 __________ predict viewing violence at age 19.

Men who sexually coerce women often combine ___________ with ___________.

Which of the following would be considered aggression as the term is defined in the text?

In the Southern culture of honour, White men are

Which of the following has not been shown to be a biochemical influence on aggression?

Of the following, which is the best example of instrumental aggression?

People in your class fit into one of two groups. The "Blues" are often depressed. The "Reds" are never depressed. The two groups are otherwise the same. You would expect that

Violent games __________ become more violent over the years.

Ken was walking along thinking intensely about a fight he witnessed during his last hockey game. Scott was walking along thinking intensely about how to improve his skating and stick-handling. When Ken and Scott bump into each other, who is most likely to react with aggression?

Azrin's research with rats and other animal species has found

The famous "Bobo doll" experiments were conducted by

Nancy is running around in the park, playing a vigorous game with her children, when she sees someone who treated her badly at a recent social event. She feels a very strong surge of anger. This is an example of the idea that

Instinctive behaviour is behaviour that is