Question 1

Give an example of active, verbal aggressive behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Spreading malicious rumors
- Insulting someone
- Derogating someone

Question 2

Why does alcohol consumption lead to more aggression?

Accepted Answer

Alcohol myopia
- Inhibition of conflicting thoughts
- Undermined ability to process conflicting responses leading to more extreme behaviors

Question 3

How do social psychologists interpret the fact that the presence of a gun provokes aggression?

Accepted Answer

Cultural learning imbues certain objects with aggressive association
- Weapons effect: weapons cue aggressive behaviors

Question 4

Is it effective to use violence in advertisements? Why?

Accepted Answer

No
- Violence leads

Question 5

What is meant by the phenomenon of excitation transfer?

Accepted Answer

Arousal from an irre

Question 6

What have studies involving alcohol placebo shown about the link between alcohol and aggression?

Accepted Answer

Link is due to physi

Question 7

Why do laboratory experiments investigating aggression use procedures in which people think they are harming another person when actually they are not?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why do laboratory experiments investigating aggression use...

Question 8

Would hitting someone in order to prevent him/her from putting his/her life at risk be considered an act of aggression? Why?

Accepted Answer

Yes
- It is the prox

Question 9

Give an example of an unethical study of aggression.

Accepted Answer

Stanford prison experiment (Ha

Question 10

What is the conceptual definition of aggression?

Accepted Answer

Any behavior whose p

Question 11

What kind of aggression is not a response to a perceived threat?

Accepted Answer

Proactive

Question 12

According to Nisbett (1993), in the United States, why do the south and some parts of the west have higher homicide rates than the north and east?

Accepted Answer

Culture of

Question 13

What is the difference between instrumental and hostile aggression?

Accepted Answer

Instrumental aggression seeks

Question 14

Is the catharsis hypothesis supported by research on aggression?

Accepted Answer

No
- Only found in 6

Question 15

What is the hypothesis that competes with the excitation transfer hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Catharsis

Question 16

What is the catharsis hypothesis?*

Accepted Answer

Media violence decreases aggre

Question 17

What factors lead to an increase of the weapons effect?

Accepted Answer

Naivety of participants, being

Question 18

Besides aggression, what other behaviors does alcohol consumption promote?

Accepted Answer

Drinking
- Gambling

Question 19

Why do higher temperatures lead to an increase of aggression?

Accepted Answer

Higher temperatures leads to h

Question 20

Give examples of active, direct, physical aggressive behaviors.

Accepted Answer

Stabbing
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Give an example of active, verbal aggressive behaviors.

Why does alcohol consumption lead to more aggression?

How do social psychologists interpret the fact that the presence of a gun provokes aggression?

Is it effective to use violence in advertisements? Why?

What is meant by the phenomenon of excitation transfer?

What have studies involving alcohol placebo shown about the link between alcohol and aggression?

Why do laboratory experiments investigating aggression use procedures in which people think they are harming another person when actually they are not?

Would hitting someone in order to prevent him/her from putting his/her life at risk be considered an act of aggression? Why?

Give an example of an unethical study of aggression.

What is the conceptual definition of aggression?

What kind of aggression is not a response to a perceived threat?

According to Nisbett (1993), in the United States, why do the south and some parts of the west have higher homicide rates than the north and east?

What is the difference between instrumental and hostile aggression?

Is the catharsis hypothesis supported by research on aggression?

What is the hypothesis that competes with the excitation transfer hypothesis?

What is the catharsis hypothesis?*

What factors lead to an increase of the weapons effect?

Besides aggression, what other behaviors does alcohol consumption promote?

Why do higher temperatures lead to an increase of aggression?

Give examples of active, direct, physical aggressive behaviors.

Introduction: Adaptive Motives for Social Situations, Via Cultures and Brains

Scientific Methods for Studying People in Interaction

Ordinary Personology: Figuring Out Why People Do What They Do

Social Cognition: Making Sense of Others

The Self: Social to the Core

Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Hearts and Minds

Attraction: Initiating Romance, Friendship, and Other Relationships

Close Relationships: Passion, Interdependence, Commitment, and Intimacy

Helping: Prosocial Behavior

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Social Biases

Small Groups: Ongoing Interactions

Social Influence: Doing What Others Do and Say

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Exam 10: Aggression: Antisocial Behavior

Give an example of active, verbal aggressive behaviors.

Why does alcohol consumption lead to more aggression?

How do social psychologists interpret the fact that the presence of a gun provokes aggression?

Is it effective to use violence in advertisements? Why?

What is meant by the phenomenon of excitation transfer?

What have studies involving alcohol placebo shown about the link between alcohol and aggression?

Why do laboratory experiments investigating aggression use procedures in which people think they are harming another person when actually they are not?

Would hitting someone in order to prevent him/her from putting his/her life at risk be considered an act of aggression? Why?

Give an example of an unethical study of aggression.

What is the conceptual definition of aggression?

What kind of aggression is not a response to a perceived threat?

According to Nisbett (1993), in the United States, why do the south and some parts of the west have higher homicide rates than the north and east?

What is the difference between instrumental and hostile aggression?

Is the catharsis hypothesis supported by research on aggression?

What is the hypothesis that competes with the excitation transfer hypothesis?

What is the catharsis hypothesis?*

What factors lead to an increase of the weapons effect?

Besides aggression, what other behaviors does alcohol consumption promote?

Why do higher temperatures lead to an increase of aggression?

Give examples of active, direct, physical aggressive behaviors.

Introduction: Adaptive Motives for Social Situations, Via Cultures and Brains

Scientific Methods for Studying People in Interaction

Ordinary Personology: Figuring Out Why People Do What They Do

Social Cognition: Making Sense of Others

The Self: Social to the Core

Attitudes and Persuasion: Changing Hearts and Minds

Attraction: Initiating Romance, Friendship, and Other Relationships

Close Relationships: Passion, Interdependence, Commitment, and Intimacy

Helping: Prosocial Behavior

Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Discrimination: Social Biases

Small Groups: Ongoing Interactions

Social Influence: Doing What Others Do and Say

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