Question 1

Most of those youngsters who become involved in gangs _____ .

Accepted Answer

A)  are taking part in delinquent activities prior to their involvement 
B)  display higher levels of delinquency after becoming involved than before 
C)  remain involved in their gang for less than one year 
D)  display higher levels of delinquency after becoming involved than before and remain involved in their gang for less than one year 
E)  all of these 
A)  are taking part in delinquent activities prior to their involvement 
B)  display higher levels of delinquency after becoming involved than before 
C)  remain involved in their gang for less than one year 
D)  display higher levels of delinquency after becoming involved than before and remain involved in their gang for less than one year 
E)  all of these

Question 2

According to Bandura's social-learning theory, aggressive habits may persist over time if they

Accepted Answer

A)  help aggressors to achieve their objectives 
B)  are useful at terminating others' noxious behaviors 
C)  are socially sanctioned by aggressive peers 
D)  all of these 
A)  help aggressors to achieve their objectives 
B)  are useful at terminating others' noxious behaviors 
C)  are socially sanctioned by aggressive peers 
D)  all of these

Question 3

When hostile, antisocial males pair up with hostile, antisocial females, their children are at risk because _____ .

Accepted Answer

A)  these couples often have conflictual and even abusive marriages 
B)  tend to rely on coercive parenting practices 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these 
A)  these couples often have conflictual and even abusive marriages 
B)  tend to rely on coercive parenting practices 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these

Question 4

Youngsters who are bullied in instant messages or in online slam books

Accepted Answer

A)  are not likely affected as negatively as they are by face-to-face bullying 
B)  are best advised to stick up for themselves by confronting electronic bullies 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these 
A)  are not likely affected as negatively as they are by face-to-face bullying 
B)  are best advised to stick up for themselves by confronting electronic bullies 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these

Question 5

The study by Feshbach (1956) in which children played with aggressive or nonaggressive toys demonstrates the importance of _____ in promoting aggressive interactions.

Accepted Answer

A)  frustration 
B)  aggressive cues 
C)  attack 
D)  dominance hierarchies 
A)  frustration 
B)  aggressive cues 
C)  attack 
D)  dominance hierarchies

Question 6

Patterson and his associates believe that the experience of living in a coercive home environment is often the child's first step along the road to

Accepted Answer

A)  developing a hostile attributional bias 
B)  being rejected by peers 
C)  becoming chronically antisocial or delinquent 
D)  all of these 
A)  developing a hostile attributional bias 
B)  being rejected by peers 
C)  becoming chronically antisocial or delinquent 
D)  all of these

Question 7

Recent research implies that _____ is very important at sustaining bullying activities

Accepted Answer

A)  the popularity and social recognition that most bullies enjoy 
B)  the support of friends 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these 
A)  the popularity and social recognition that most bullies enjoy 
B)  the support of friends 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these

Question 8

Many developmentalists are critical of ethologists' presumption that humans lack biologically-based inhibitions against harmdoing, often citing _____ as such an inhibition.

Accepted Answer

A)  a capacity for empathy 
B)  inborn nurturing instincts 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these 
A)  a capacity for empathy 
B)  inborn nurturing instincts 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these

Question 9

At the population level, aggression appears to be moderately stable from childhood to adulthood. Which children show the strongest stability in aggression over time? Discuss at least two mechanisms that might help to explain the temporal stability of aggression.

Accepted Answer

The children who show the strongest stab

Question 10

Children begin to treat other children as adversaries and to fight over control of toys

Accepted Answer

A)  as early as age 6 months 
B)  by the end of the first year 
C)  once they achieve self-recognition 
D)  by the time they achieve a basic gender identity 
A)  as early as age 6 months 
B)  by the end of the first year 
C)  once they achieve self-recognition 
D)  by the time they achieve a basic gender identity

Question 11

Studies of children's aggressive interactions in nursery school settings reveal that

Accepted Answer

A)  aggression is usually hostile in character 
B)  aggression is usually instrumental in character 
C)  aggression is directed primarily at inanimate objects 
D)  older nursery schoolers are more physically aggressive than their younger classmates 
A)  aggression is usually hostile in character 
B)  aggression is usually instrumental in character 
C)  aggression is directed primarily at inanimate objects 
D)  older nursery schoolers are more physically aggressive than their younger classmates

Question 12

In their attempts to reduce aggression and eliminate violence in our schools, developmentalists today favor _____ interventions administered to _____ .

Accepted Answer

A)  comprehensive; all school children 
B)  comprehensive; boys 
C)  remediative; aggressive grade-school children 
D)  remediative; aggressive preadolescents 
A)  comprehensive; all school children 
B)  comprehensive; boys 
C)  remediative; aggressive grade-school children 
D)  remediative; aggressive preadolescents

Question 13

The original version of the frustration-aggression hypothesis specified that

Accepted Answer

A)  frustration always produces some kind of aggression 
B)  aggression is always caused by some kind of frustration 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these 
A)  frustration always produces some kind of aggression 
B)  aggression is always caused by some kind of frustration 
C)  both of these 
D)  none of these

Question 14

Which parental strategy would Patterson not advocate when helping families to overcome coercive cycles and reduce children's out-of-control behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  don't escalate your own coercive behavior when a child becomes coercive 
B)  don't cave in to a child's coercive behavior 
C)  remain wary and suspicious should the child try to curry favor by doing something nice 
D)  rely on time-out as a means of disciplining coercion 
E)  none of these 
A)  don't escalate your own coercive behavior when a child becomes coercive 
B)  don't cave in to a child's coercive behavior 
C)  remain wary and suspicious should the child try to curry favor by doing something nice 
D)  rely on time-out as a means of disciplining coercion 
E)  none of these

Question 15

The catharsis hypothesis specifies that

Accepted Answer

A)  finding socially acceptable outlets for hostile impulses will reduce interpersonal aggression 
B)  children learn aggression from TV violence 
C)  reinforcement of nonaggressive behaviors will reduce interpersonal aggression 
D)  parents should never scold children for acting on their natural aggressive impulses 
A)  finding socially acceptable outlets for hostile impulses will reduce interpersonal aggression 
B)  children learn aggression from TV violence 
C)  reinforcement of nonaggressive behaviors will reduce interpersonal aggression 
D)  parents should never scold children for acting on their natural aggressive impulses

Question 16

Studies of dominance hierarchies in children's play groups suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)  dominant youngsters have more pent up aggressive energy than their nondominant playmates 
B)  these group structures tend to minimize rather than encourage aggressive exchanges 
C)  even preschool children are proficient at resolving many disputes before they escalate into aggressive confrontations 
D)  these group structures tend to minimize rather than encourage aggressive exchanges and even preschool children are proficient at resolving many disputes before they escalate into aggressive confrontations 
E)  none of these 
A)  dominant youngsters have more pent up aggressive energy than their nondominant playmates 
B)  these group structures tend to minimize rather than encourage aggressive exchanges 
C)  even preschool children are proficient at resolving many disputes before they escalate into aggressive confrontations 
D)  these group structures tend to minimize rather than encourage aggressive exchanges and even preschool children are proficient at resolving many disputes before they escalate into aggressive confrontations 
E)  none of these

Question 17

According to Gerald Patterson's coercion model of the origins of deviant, antisocial conduct, children from coercive home environments are at risk of becoming delinquents. The model specifies that _____ contributes most directly to their association with deviant peer groups.

Accepted Answer

A)  peer rejection 
B)  academic failure 
C)  coercive parenting 
D)  peer rejection and academic failure 
E)  all of these 
A)  peer rejection 
B)  academic failure 
C)  coercive parenting 
D)  peer rejection and academic failure 
E)  all of these

Question 18

Jennifer wishes to get back at Pam, who has flirted shamelessly with Jennifer's boyfriend. Jennifer spreads the rumor that Pam associates with undesirable elements and then blackball's Pam's candidacy to join her sorority. Jennifer's actions are best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  hostile aggression 
B)  relational aggression 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  reactive aggression 
A)  hostile aggression 
B)  relational aggression 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  reactive aggression

Question 19

The child's earliest aggressive acts are best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  instinctional aggression 
B)  hostile aggression 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  verbal taunts 
A)  instinctional aggression 
B)  hostile aggression 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  verbal taunts

Question 20

_____ provides conclusive evidence that sex differences in aggression are biologically mediated.

Accepted Answer

A)  males are the more aggressive sex in many species 
B)  males are the more aggressive sex in most cultures 
C)  sex differences in aggression occur too early in development for social forces to have shaped them 
D)  aggressive adolescents have higher concentrations of male sex hormones than nonaggressive adolescents do 
E)  none of these 
A)  males are the more aggressive sex in many species 
B)  males are the more aggressive sex in most cultures 
C)  sex differences in aggression occur too early in development for social forces to have shaped them 
D)  aggressive adolescents have higher concentrations of male sex hormones than nonaggressive adolescents do 
E)  none of these

Most of those youngsters who become involved in gangs _____ .

According to Bandura's social-learning theory, aggressive habits may persist over time if they

When hostile, antisocial males pair up with hostile, antisocial females, their children are at risk because _____ .

Youngsters who are bullied in instant messages or in online slam books

The study by Feshbach (1956) in which children played with aggressive or nonaggressive toys demonstrates the importance of _____ in promoting aggressive interactions.

Patterson and his associates believe that the experience of living in a coercive home environment is often the child's first step along the road to

Recent research implies that _____ is very important at sustaining bullying activities

Many developmentalists are critical of ethologists' presumption that humans lack biologically-based inhibitions against harmdoing, often citing _____ as such an inhibition.

At the population level, aggression appears to be moderately stable from childhood to adulthood. Which children show the strongest stability in aggression over time? Discuss at least two mechanisms that might help to explain the temporal stability of aggression.

Children begin to treat other children as adversaries and to fight over control of toys

Studies of children's aggressive interactions in nursery school settings reveal that

In their attempts to reduce aggression and eliminate violence in our schools, developmentalists today favor _ interventions administered to _ .

The original version of the frustration-aggression hypothesis specified that

Which parental strategy would Patterson not advocate when helping families to overcome coercive cycles and reduce children's out-of-control behavior?

The catharsis hypothesis specifies that

Studies of dominance hierarchies in children's play groups suggest that

According to Gerald Patterson's coercion model of the origins of deviant, antisocial conduct, children from coercive home environments are at risk of becoming delinquents. The model specifies that _____ contributes most directly to their association with deviant peer groups.

Jennifer wishes to get back at Pam, who has flirted shamelessly with Jennifer's boyfriend. Jennifer spreads the rumor that Pam associates with undesirable elements and then blackball's Pam's candidacy to join her sorority. Jennifer's actions are best described as

The child's earliest aggressive acts are best described as

_____ provides conclusive evidence that sex differences in aggression are biologically mediated.

Introduction

Classical Theories of Social and Personality Development

Recent Perspectives on Social and Personality Development

Emotional Development and Temperament

Establishment of Intimate Relationships and Their Implications for Future Development

Development of the Self and Social Cognition

Achievement

Sex Differences, Gender Role Development and Sexuality

Altruism and Moral Development

The Family

Extrafamilial Influences I: Television, Computers and Schooling

Extrafamilial Influences Ii: Peers As Socialization Agents

Epilogue: Putting the Pieces Together

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Exam 9: Aggression and Antisocial Conduct

Most of those youngsters who become involved in gangs _____ .

According to Bandura's social-learning theory, aggressive habits may persist over time if they

When hostile, antisocial males pair up with hostile, antisocial females, their children are at risk because _____ .

Youngsters who are bullied in instant messages or in online slam books

The study by Feshbach (1956) in which children played with aggressive or nonaggressive toys demonstrates the importance of _____ in promoting aggressive interactions.

Patterson and his associates believe that the experience of living in a coercive home environment is often the child's first step along the road to

Recent research implies that _____ is very important at sustaining bullying activities

Many developmentalists are critical of ethologists' presumption that humans lack biologically-based inhibitions against harmdoing, often citing _____ as such an inhibition.

At the population level, aggression appears to be moderately stable from childhood to adulthood. Which children show the strongest stability in aggression over time? Discuss at least two mechanisms that might help to explain the temporal stability of aggression.

Children begin to treat other children as adversaries and to fight over control of toys

Studies of children's aggressive interactions in nursery school settings reveal that

In their attempts to reduce aggression and eliminate violence in our schools, developmentalists today favor _____ interventions administered to _____ .

The original version of the frustration-aggression hypothesis specified that

Which parental strategy would Patterson not advocate when helping families to overcome coercive cycles and reduce children's out-of-control behavior?

The catharsis hypothesis specifies that

Studies of dominance hierarchies in children's play groups suggest that

According to Gerald Patterson's coercion model of the origins of deviant, antisocial conduct, children from coercive home environments are at risk of becoming delinquents. The model specifies that _____ contributes most directly to their association with deviant peer groups.

Jennifer wishes to get back at Pam, who has flirted shamelessly with Jennifer's boyfriend. Jennifer spreads the rumor that Pam associates with undesirable elements and then blackball's Pam's candidacy to join her sorority. Jennifer's actions are best described as

The child's earliest aggressive acts are best described as

_____ provides conclusive evidence that sex differences in aggression are biologically mediated.

Introduction

Classical Theories of Social and Personality Development

Recent Perspectives on Social and Personality Development

Emotional Development and Temperament

Establishment of Intimate Relationships and Their Implications for Future Development

Development of the Self and Social Cognition

Achievement

Sex Differences, Gender Role Development and Sexuality

Altruism and Moral Development

The Family

Extrafamilial Influences I: Television, Computers and Schooling

Extrafamilial Influences Ii: Peers As Socialization Agents

Epilogue: Putting the Pieces Together

Filters

In their attempts to reduce aggression and eliminate violence in our schools, developmentalists today favor _ interventions administered to _ .