Exam 6: Aggression

Which of the following perspectives would encourage you to let children watch violent TV programs?

Which of the following would most likely be considered an act of aggression by Aronson's definition?

One important aspect of the social learning theory of aggression is that human beings will consider the ________ of a person who has caused us pain or frustration.

When the amygdala is stimulated in a monkey's brain it will:

Freud's catharsis theory suggests that a violent or aggressive act will release pent-up aggression, and decrease future acts of violence. What does the research into this idea suggest?

The Bonobo are a species that share almost all of their DNA with humans and chimpanzees. However, different from either chimps or humans, they are one of the least aggressive species on the planet. The example of this species is used in the chapter to argue that:

Carlsmith and Aronson, as well as Freedman, did research that showed what finding about mild punishment?

Is aggression instinctive in nonhuman animals? Is aggressive behavior instinctive among humans-are we "hard-wired" from birth to behave aggressively toward members of our own species? If not, what other kinds of influences affect the human tendency toward aggression? Be specific and cite research evidence to support your arguments.

In a study by Thomas and colleagues, subjects watched either a violent TV police drama or an exciting volleyball game. When subjects later saw an aggressive interaction between two preschool children, people who had watched the volleyball game:

The results of Josephson's study, in which boys watched violent movies of police violence or exciting nonviolent bike racing and were later exposed to a frustrating situation, indicate that:

Alcohol is involved in ________ percent of violent crimes arrests.

In a "natural experiment" in the real world, some technicians who were laid off by their company were given a chance to verbalize their hostility against their ex-bosses, while other technicians did not have this opportunity. Later, when given a chance to talk about their ex-bosses, workers who had voiced their hostility were ________ than workers who had not voiced their hostility.

In the study about littering, Cialdini, Reno, and Kallgren found that gender:

Generalizing from Berkowitz's research, you would predict that a subject who has just watched a "slasher" movie (in which a beautiful young woman gets brutally raped, beaten, and murdered by a man who was an artist) would be more likely to act aggressively against:

Kuo conducted a study in which he raised a kitten in the same cage as a rat. As an adult, the cat refrained from attacking the rat and, in fact, the two became close companions. The cat never chased or attacked any other rats as well. This study indicates that:

"Bobo doll" studies found that:

According to Freud, society performs an essential and beneficial function in regulating the instinct of aggression by:

In a study by Berkowitz, subjects were made angry in a room containing either a gun or a badminton racket. Later, when given a chance to administer shocks to a "fellow student," subjects who had been in the room with the gun shocked the other person more than those who had been in the room containing the badminton racket. This study demonstrates:

Zimbardo's research suggests that "deindividuation" contributes to aggression. By this, he means that we are more likely to behave aggressively when we are:

According to Berkowitz, who stresses the role of learning in human aggression: