Exam 10: Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

What do most experts today say about the frustration-aggression hypothesis?

Recent data on violence in the world suggests that ____.

Psychologists use the term ____________________ to describe the sense of anonymity that often arises when people are in large groups, which makes people especially likely to engage in antisocial behavior.

Identify at least five different factors (person-level factors or situation-level factors)that contribute to aggression, and briefly discuss when and how they tend to exert influence.

Instinct theories argue that aggression is ____________________.

Which statement about violence is most accurate?

Compared to societies that do not have a culture of honor, societies that do have a culture of honor tend to ____.

Freud called the aggressive instinct "thanatos."

What will always lead(s)to aggression?

Explain how norms can be manipulated to change behavior such as littering.

While males commit most of the violent acts around the world, there are some societies in which females commit the majority of the violence.

The textbook authors conclude that ____.

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

Empirical research leads to the conclusion that ____.

The theory that argues that aggressive behavior is learned is known as ____________________.

Which of the following seems to be a myth-an idea that is perpetrated by popular culture but NOT supported by research?

Marlon tends to see other people's interactions as aggressive in nature. Marlon is showing the hostile perception bias.

As discussed in your text, the tendency to perceive ambiguous actions by others as evidence of hostility is ____.

Research on detecting lying concludes that ____.

Women tend to attack their domestic partners ____________________ (more/less)frequently than men do.