Exam 10: Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Over the next several years, global warming is predicted to lead to increases in ____.

Which scenario describes aggression, but not violence?

Most social scientists believe that humans are naturally nonviolent, and that society fosters and encourages violence.

Research examining the link between crime and climate has found that ____ are more common in hot regions than in cool regions.

Kgatello is eating lunch alone at a restaurant.He sees two people talking animatedly, and interprets it as arguing.Kgatello is exhibiting the ____.

Research indicates that weak self-control is a ____ predictor of crime in general, but a better predictor of ____ than of ____.

Research on the factors that increase aggression (e.g., alcohol, exposure to violent media, and narcissistic personality tendencies) suggests that such factors only increase aggression ____.

Social psychologists define aggression in a very specific way.According to that definition, which of the following is NOT an example of aggression?

In South Africa, ____ of women over 18 experienced physical violence by a partner.

Fikile has been drinking heavily all afternoon, while his friend Dumi has been drinking water and is stone-cold sober.Is Fikile more likely than Dumi to behave aggressively?

The proposal that 'the occurrence of aggressive behaviour always presupposes the existence of frustration [and] the existence of frustration always leads to some form of aggression' is known as the ____________________.

The tendency for people to perceive ambiguous actions by others as evidence of hostility is known as the ____.

Compare and contrast instinct theories of aggression with social learning theories of aggression.What empirical evidence is there to support either of these views?

The original formulation of the frustration-aggression hypothesis was based on ____.

If you are a naturally aggressive person, then you ____.If you win a competitive game, you are ____.

Which scenario is an example of an injunctive norm?

Given the research on general trends in the relationship between climate and crime (and ignoring absolutely everything else you know about these cities and these crimes), which of the following statements is MOST likely to be true?

Freud proposed that people have a life-giving instinct as well as a 'death instinct'.He called the latter ____.

Research on aggression in toddlers and young children suggests that this group resorts to aggression to resolve conflicts ____.

Research on social learning theory and aggression suggests that aggressive models can sometimes influence people to behave more aggressively.This has been shown to be true regardless of whether the audience consists of adults or children.