Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Bonobos are a close primate relative to humans,sharing 98 percent of human DNA.Bonobos are particularly interesting to use when studying aggression because

James Pennebaker (1990)asked people who had experienced a traumatic event to describe the event and how they experienced it.Six months later,he found that these people

____ is to aggression as ____ is to cooperation.

When Sigmund Freud (1930,p.67)wrote,"It is at work in every living being and is striving to bring it to ruin and to reduce life to its original condition of inanimate matter," he was referring to

Based on a wide variety of social-psychological research findings,what is it reasonable to conclude about the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography findings that pornography does have a major impact on violent crimes against women? They were largely

Dane Archer and Rosemary Gartner (1976,1984)found in a cross-cultural study of war and domestic violence that being at war is correlated with increased domestic homicide rates.Why?

Over the last forty-five years in the United States,social changes have meant that women have increasingly taken advantage of the same opportunities and confronted the same challenges as men.Over the same period,there has not been a corresponding increase in the number of violent crimes committed by women.These crime data suggest that

One government official was quoted in your text as saying "Women worry when they go out; perhaps they should worry when they stay in." What did he mean by this?

Explain what a "culture of honor" is,its origin,and how being raised in a culture of honor can influence aggression.

Which of the following is the best example of instrumental aggression?

In 1970,the Presidential Commission on Obscenity and Pornography concluded that in and of themselves,sexually explicit materials do not contribute to violence against women,sexual crimes,or other antisocial acts.Fifteen years later,Attorney General Edwin Meese convened a commission to revisit the question.The Meese Commission findings directly contradicted the 1970 Commission findings.Who was right?

According to evolutionary theory (as discussed by the authors of your text),why do males tend to be more violent in their teens and twenties?

The goal of ____ aggression is to inflict pain; the goal of ____ aggression is to achieve some other outcome.

Which statement below most accurately reflects the relationship between alcohol and aggression?

According to psychiatrist James Gilligan (1996),the motivation behind the vast majority of rampage killings is to turn feelings of ____ into feelings of pride.

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 the correlation

Why is empathy training a good antidote to aggression? Empathy

Based on social learning theory,what is one reason why parents who were abused as children are more likely to abuse their own children in turn?

According to the authors of your text,the same act may be considered aggression or not depending on

You woke up late and are far behind at work.When you reach the end of your rope,you treat your secretary with hostility and disrespect.This mistreatment causes you to experience dissonance,which you are most likely to reduce by