Exam 8: Aggression

Bracketed morality addresses the need for athletes to _________ normal ethical guidelines in order to engage in _________.

Which of the following is an assertive, not an aggressive act?

Compared to less aggressive NBA players, Teuhel et al. found that more aggressive NBA players:

A player that shoves another player during a timeout is engaging in:

According to the general aggression model, a player acts aggressively because of situational factors and _____

Social learning theory would propose that if a child watches NHL players fighting during hockey games, that child will:

Research suggests that teaching children good sportsmanship can increase moral reasoning skills.

According to the Bushamn and Wells study of high school hockey players, responses to personality questionnaires about aggression are unrelated to actual penalties during a game.

All aggressive acts are physical acts.

Which of the following is an example of hostile aggression?

Which of the following supports the social learning theory of aggression?

Within a given sport, female athletes tend to be more aggressive than male athletes.

Fans who highly identify with their favorite team are more likely to engage in aggressive acts than fans who do not highly identify with their favorite team.

The general aggression model suggests that even a calm individual will behave aggressively in many situations.

Reducing violence in sports will likely require levying punishments for the aggressive behavior of:

Which of the following is an act of verbal aggression?

The fact that aggressive acts may actually increase aggression rather than decrease aggression refutes the idea of:

Which of the following acts can be defined as aggressive?

Which of the following is NOT used by researchers to study aggression in athletes?

Within the NHL, winning teams tend to commit more penalties than losing teams.