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

According to cognitive dissonance theorists, when people attempt to vent their aggressive impulses by harming another person, they are more likely to engage in later acts of aggression because

Capital punishment has served as a(n) ________ deterrent to those who consider commission of such crimes. This is evidenced by the ________ in the rate of capital crimes when the death penalty is enforced.

Dehumanizing an enemy (e.g., referring to Germans as "Krauts" or Japanese as "Nips" or "Japs" during World War II or referring to Vietnamese as "gooks" during the Vietnam War) can contribute to further aggression and even wartime atrocities by

Explain the role of social conditions in changing the Iroquois tribe from peaceable people to fierce warriors.

Mr. Jenkins was backing out of his driveway and accidentally hit his neighbor (whom he dislikes) as he was biking by. Why isn't this act aggressive?

Researchers have found that humans kill members of their own kind at ________ rate ________.

Which of the following statements is false?

Who would be more likely to expect an apology?

Bonobos are a close primate relative to humans, sharing 98 percent of human DNA. Bonobos are particularly interesting to use when studying aggression because they are

In Bandura's famous "Bobo" doll study, he had some children watch a woman aggress against an inflated doll, while other children did not watch an aggressive act. Bandura found that the children who watched someone beat up the doll were later

In an experiment presented in the text, researchers first frustrated children by stopping a great movie and taking away their candy, and then observed the children during free play. He found that children ________ were ________ aggressive than the others.

________ is to aggression as ________ is to cooperation.

Which of the following is true about whether or not punishing aggression reduced aggressive behavior?

Well-controlled laboratory experiments and field studies have revealed that alcohol consumption contributes to aggression by

In a field experiment (Baron ,1976) to study drivers' responses to a car that hesitated when a stoplight turned green, the researcher found that when a confederate hobbled across the street on crutches in front of the lead car in the intersection, fewer drivers behind the lead car honked their horns. According to this research, why was that? Drivers at the rear

Olweus (1991) was able to curtail bullying in a Norwegian school system by training administrators and teachers to be vigilant and to make timely and reasonable interventions. Part of the strategy to reduce bullying involved

In a primitive tribe, Shantu fights with the other young men his age to impress the young ladies. As it turns out, several young women are attracted to him because he seems to be able to protect them and is rising in social status. In essence, Shantu's aggression can be explained in evolutionary terms as a display of

Why is empathy training a good antidote to aggression? Empathy makes it

You are marketing a department store. Based on results of research about people's memory for products and services advertised during different types of television programs, which program should you direct your advertising dollars to?

Researchers measured the physiological arousal of heavy TV viewers and light TV viewers when they came into the lab to watch a violent boxing match. Results of their study reveal that