Exam 10: Aggression and Antisocial Behavior

Just as Evelyn reached the bus stop, her bus pulled away. "I knew it," she muttered to herself, "the bus driver hates me." Just as she reached the lobby at work, the elevator doors were closing. "My co-workers probably saw me but let the doors close anyway," she thought. Later that day, she encountered some problems with her computer. "I bet someone was messing with my computer," she thought, "probably trying to make me screw up and look bad. Grrr." Based on these incidents, it appears that Evelyn has a ____.

Freud called the aggressive instinct "thanatos."

At the most general level, the term antisocial behavior refers to ____.

Which of the following is NOT an example of plagiarism?

Research suggests that males who are under stress respond with the ____________________ syndrome, while females who are under stress respond with the tend and befriend syndrome.

The text uses the case of the Columbine shootings to illustrate the fact that ____.

According to the text, most social psychologists define aggression as ____ and state ____.

What distinguishes bullying from other acts of aggression?

As defined by Freud, the term thanatos refers to ____.

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?

Which of the following is an example of an injunctive norm?

Research on the weapons effect shows that this effect occurs ____.

Violent video games are less harmful than television in promoting aggression.

The text describes cheating, stealing, and littering as ____.

Which of the following is an example of a descriptive norm?

Social psychologists Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen found that in the U.S., men from the South tend to respond to insults more aggressively compared to men from the North.They argued that a key reason for the difference is the fact that there is a southern ____________________.

As discussed in the text, the Freudian theory of aggression ____.

Is domestic violence a recent phenomenon? Is it on the rise or on the decline?

One of the reasons that alcohol increases aggression is that

Incidents in which males coerce females into having sex are fairly common, and can have serious, traumatic consequences for victims. As discussed in the text, how do such incidents compare to cases in which females coerce males into having sex?