Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

You've arrived half an hour late to pick up a friend.She was scheduled to take an examination,and even if you speed on the way to the university,she will now lose at least twenty minutes of the time she needs to complete the exam.According to the authors,what is the best thing to say when you arrive?

Robert Baron (1976)conducted a field experiment to study drivers' responses to a car that hesitated when a stoplight turned green.He found that when a confederate hobbled across the street on crutches in front of the lead car in the intersection,fewer drivers behind the lead car honked their horns.According to Baron,why was that? Drivers at the rear

According to your textbook,most social psychologists agree that aggression is an ____ strategy.

A teacher at a preschool tries to show some rowdy children how to "play nice." She shows them a doll hitting her,and her hugging the doll in response.The teacher's behavior is an example of

Opponents of the death penalty for certain violent crimes might use social-psychological data to argue that one reason why the threat of capital punishment doesn't serve as an effective deterrent to violence is that

You witness a man punch another man in the stomach.Explain how this action could be considered hostile aggression,instrumental aggression,or not an act of aggression.

According to James Pennebaker (1990),talking about our angry feelings and their sources can be physically and psychologically beneficial because

You've just finished reading Chapter 12 on aggression.Your roommate-a chemistry major-is fascinated by all the interesting things you have learned in your social psychology course and asks you,"Well,if anger sometimes leads to aggression,what am I supposed to do?" What would you say to her?

According to information from your text,it would be easiest to "turn the other cheek" and not reciprocate aggression if

One problem with using archival data (e.g.,existing records of disturbances)to demonstrate that exposure to uncomfortable levels of heat causes people to behave aggressively is that

According to the authors of your text,higher levels of serotonin serve to ____ aggression,while higher levels of testosterone serve to ____ aggression.

Results of laboratory experiments with adults (Bower &Hilgard,1981)suggest that the one reason why threats of punishment do not seem to deter violent crime in the "real world" is that in the criminal justice system,punishment is

Recall from your text that boys are more aggressive than girls; worldwide,men are more likely than women to be convicted of violent crimes,and if women are arrested,it is typically for nonviolent crimes such as forgery or fraud.According to the authors,these findings suggest the role of ____ factors that contribute to aggression.

According to research presented by the authors of your text,humans' two closest primate relatives (sharing 98 percent of DNA with humans)are the ____,known for their aggressive nature,and the ____,known for their peaceful nature.

Because violence is of concern to social psychologists and the public,a great deal of research has focused on the effects of exposure to televised violence on both children and adults.Many studies have found support for social-learning theory explanations for the effects of violent television.What are four reasons why television violence contributes to aggressive behavior in children and adults?

The idea of venting one's frustrations and anger by aggressing in harmless ways is an oversimplification of ____ theory of catharsis.

John and Eric have a major disagreement over a woman they both like.In which location is this disagreement least likely to erupt into a physical fight?

Longitudinal research on the relationship between amount of time spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood and the likelihood of subsequent violent acts against others demonstrates that,for adults,the correlation is

____ occurs when a person is thwarted on the way to an expected goal or gratification.

Shortly after Mary and Robert were married,he became somewhat aggressive to other men who showed an interest in his wife,and made claims like,"Anyone who lays a hand on my woman has to go through me first." Such claims and aggression are explained by evolutionary theory as