Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Extrapolating from the research on relational aggression, which of the following would be the best thing a parent could teach a young girl?

Which of the following is not one of the causes the authors of your text suggest for the gender difference in violence against intimate partners?

Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that

"It's the male's role to persist in his sexual advances, and the woman's role to set limits." The preceding statement is an example of a sexual

________ refers to the perception that you (or your group) have less than you were led to expect, or less than similar others have.

Assume that Kyle grew up in the South, where a "culture of honor" predominates. Based on research presented in the text, Kyle would be more likely than a northerner to behave aggressively when

Based on research conducted with nonhuman animals, it is reasonable to conclude that aggression

Which research findings below provide the soundest evidence that excessive heat causes greater aggression?

Amu lives in an isolated area and very close-knit community. The community hunts and farms together and must do so to survive. If Amu suddenly becomes aggressive toward other community members, how is he likely to be treated?

Your text provides the example of the Columbine High School shootings as an extreme example of aggression. Which of the following is not true about the shooting?

You witness a man punch another man in the stomach. Explain how this action could be considered hostile aggression, instrumental aggression, or not an act of aggression.

According to psychiatrist Gilligan (1996), the motivation behind the vast majority of rampage killings is to turn feelings of ________ into feelings of pride.

Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the results of correlational research demonstrating the connection between viewing television violence and subsequent acts of aggression?

Which is not a reason that global warming may increase aggression?

A study presented in the text demonstrated that when participants were first "accidentally" bumped, then called a disrespectful name, northerners tended to react ________ southerners.

Nisbett (1993) has conducted research pointing to regional differences in the propensity to aggress. Based on his findings, which of the men below would be more likely to beat up another man who called his wife "ugly"?

You've arrived half an hour late to pick up a friend. She was scheduled to take an examination, and even if you speed on the way to the university, she will now lose at least twenty minutes of the time she needs to complete the exam. According to the authors, what is the best thing to say when you arrive?

How does female-dominated society lead bonobos to deal with conflict?

According to the analysis presented by the authors at the end of Chapter 12 (Aggression), the most effective way to try and reduce the likelihood of future school shootings is to

Social-psychological research has revealed that exposure to televised violence might weaken viewers' inhibitions about using violence in their own lives. If Peter is one such person, what is he likely to think when he watches a violent cops-and-robbers show?