Exam 6: Aggression and Moral Behaviour in Sport

A young ten year old swimmer decides to follow the rules the coach has established because she is afraid of the consequences she might face if she were to break a rule. Which stage from Kohlberg's moral judgment model is she demonstrating?

Identify which type of passion may lead to uncontrollable urges to engage in an activity.

List five personal factors that influence aggression.

The change in reasoning patterns that are related to a person's cognitive growth and development is the definition of which of the following?

A football player who acquires aggressive behaviours from observing aggressive models and retains these tendencies over time is subscribing to which theory of aggression?

No conclusive statement can be made regarding the relationship between age and aggressive behaviour.

While in the high school hallways, a basketball player pushes a fellow student into the locker rooms in order to maintain his image of being tough. What type of personal factor is influencing his aggressive behaviour?

An example of an aggressive behaviour is when a baseball pitcher purposefully throws a baseball intending to hit the batter, but the batter moves out of the way.

A basketball player who is fouled really hard so that she will miss her shot or become intimidated and distracted from her play the next time she shoots has been subjected to which type of aggression?

Kohlberg's theory on moral development suggests that only 10% of people progress to this stage of moral reasoning.

You have been approached by the National Hockey League (NHL) to help them reduce aggressiveness in their sport. Explain to the NHL, the strategies that you will adopt.

If a youth soccer player kicked an opponent and was praised by his coach, the behaviour is more likely to reoccur.

During a basketball game, Alicia elbows her opponent in the face, resulting in a broken nose. Alicia says that the injury isn't that bad and that the opponent's nose didn't even bleed. Alicia argues that she was just trying to catch the ball and her opponent's face simply got in the way. What type of mechanism of moral disengagement is Alicia demonstrating?

A rugby player tackles an opponent so hard that the competitor suffers a separated shoulder after the hit. The rugby player attributes his opponents' injury to the equipment and not the hit. Which mechanism of moral disengagement is this athlete using?

Explain bullying and identify how bullying is differentiated from other aggressive behaviours.

A hockey coach who attributes the aggression of his toughest player to having high levels of testosterone is subscribing to which theory of aggression?

An athlete that behaves aggressively in order to convey or maintain an image of toughness to opponents and observers, particularly within contact sports, is linked to which factor that causes aggression?

Identify and briefly explain any four theories regarding aggressive behaviour.

A hockey player goes into the corner after a puck and bodychecks his opponent in a forceful, vigorous, and legitimate manner and does not intend to injure the opponent. Which type of behaviour is the hockey player exhibiting?

You've been asked by your local minor rugby to set up an educational intervention in an attempt to curb aggression in that sport. Discuss your plan of action.