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

Hostile aggression differs from instrumental aggression in that instrumental aggression

Based on the research presented in your text on aggression, what advice would you give to Tim, who just found out he didn't make the baseball team and is angry?

________ aggression is an act in the service of a goal that does not involve the infliction of pain.

Riots do occur more often on hot days than on cool days. The hotter the day in a number of cities, the more violent crimes occur. These results suggest that discomfort can lead to aggression. However, such results should be interpreted with caution because

The Pygmies of Central Africa and the Arapesh of New Guinea live in peace and harmony, while European history consists of one war after the other. Formerly peace-loving, the Iroquois became a fierce and aggressive Native American tribe in the seventeenth century. These examples illustrate that

To try and increase a child's ability to take the perspective of others and hence increase his or her empathic concern, one could ask that child to answer questions like

Recall that Feshbach (1989, 1997) implemented a thirty-hour program in the Los Angeles schools designed to teach students empathy and perspective-taking skills. She found that this program improved all of the following for children except

Recall an experiment in which participants were insulted either before or after they learned that the offender was upset due to a low grade. Participants were more likely to retaliate when the situation was explained to them after the insult. These results support the idea that provocation is less likely to result in an aggressive response when

According to the authors of your text, which of the following is the least plausible explanation for the Harris and Klebold's massacre at Columbine High School?

Based on research on the idea of catharsis, what is the bottom line-does catharsis work to reduce aggression?

________ refers to the ability to experience events and emotions the way that another person does.

Research examining the "think-drink" effect gave some participants a nonalcoholic drink, some a weak alcohol drink, and some a strong alcohol drink to see how aggressive they would be. The participants were also told how much alcohol they were getting, but the researchers did not necessarily tell them the truth about the amount. What is(are) the independent variable(s)?

Lee is thinking about murdering someone who has wronged him. According to information from your text, under what circumstances would Lee be least likely to commit the crime?

________ theory can be used to explain why participants will derogate victims after they have done those victims physical or psychological harm.

Which of the following is the best example of instrumental aggression?

Shortly after Mary and Robert were married, he became somewhat aggressive to other men who showed an interest in his wife, and made claims like, "Anyone who lays a hand on my woman has to go through me first." Such claims and aggression are explained by evolutionary theory as

Anger control through "active enabling" might involve which of the following?

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, national leaders were concerned about a phenomenon they called "the long, hot summer." They were concerned that given an unpopular war and strained race relations, civil unrest and even riots would occur during the summer months. Was the long, hot summer a myth?

Results of laboratory experiments with adults suggest that the one reason why threats of punishment do not seem to deter violent crime in the "real world" is that in the criminal justice system, punishment is

Jeff is participating in a research study where he is given several drinks. He is told that the goal is to get his blood alcohol level to a point just shy of the legal driving limit. However, he is really only getting a nonalcoholic mixer and fruit juice. How will Jeff behave toward another participant who just insulted his favorite sports team and manage to spill a drink on Jeff's shoes, and why?