Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961)demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats.This research suggests that

Gary,a Northern male who has a reputation for violence,has been drinking with his friends.Stan approaches Gary and insults his girlfriend.Gary and Stan get into a fistfight.Which of the following best explains why Gary and Stan began to fight? Research suggests that

Recall that when Roger Barker and his colleagues (1941)prevented children from playing with attractive toys,once the children gained access to the toys,they behaved destructively,smashing the toys and throwing them against the wall.These results demonstrate the power of ____ to increase frustration and aggression.

During the turbulent 1960s,national leaders were concerned about a phenomenon they called "the long,hot summer." They were concerned that given an unpopular war and strained race relations,civil unrest and even riots would occur during the summer months.Was the long,hot summer a myth?

A number of long-term correlational studies that monitor what children actually watch on television-and that use teacher and peer ratings of aggressiveness -have found that

Based on research on the idea of catharsis,what is the bottom line-does catharsis work to reduce aggression?

Stimulation of the amygdala in dominant rhesus monkeys often yields aggression,whereas stimulation of the amygdala in less dominant monkeys may yield either fight or flight,depending on the status of another nearby monkey (Moyer,1976).These results suggest that in nonhuman primates,

Which of the following is false?

"It's the male's role to persist in his sexual advances,and the woman's role to set limits." The preceding statement is an example of a sexual