Exam 24: The Nature and Nurture of Aggression

Jason instigates more and more fights with younger children on the school playground because it gains him the attention and respect of his friends.This most clearly suggests that his aggression is

In a revision of the frustration-aggression theory,Berkowitz emphasized the importance of

The study of neural influences on aggression has indicated that

,students who answered questionnaires while they were _______ reported feeling more tired and aggressive,and expressed more hostility toward a stranger than did participants in a control group.

Myers suggests that one way we could reduce aggression is by

Most terrorism is considered _______ aggression.

invited angered participants to hit a punching bag while either ruminating about the person who angered them or thinking about becoming physically fit.A third group of participants did not hit the punching bag.When given a chance to administer loud blasts of noise to the person who angered them,people in _______ condition(s)felt angrier and were more aggressive.

Given the review of research on heat and aggression in the text,you can conclude that the relationship between these two variables is

In relation to aggression,the most studied environmental irritant is

found that frustrated men delivered more shocks when

A study of brain activity in the prefrontal cortex of murderers found

Which statement regarding aggression is TRUE?

_______ aggression aims to hurt only as a means to some other end.

now believes that _______ is the basic trigger of hostile aggression.

According to the social learning theory,whether we act aggressively depends on

The pain-attack response has been observed in

Instinctive behavior is behavior that is

Frustration grows when

In contrast to Freud's view of aggression,Lorenz argued that aggression is

The blocking of goal-directed behavior is called