Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Two children,Jane and Joan,have been eyeing a new water pistol in the local toy store for months.Each is convinced that her parents will buy her the water pistol as soon as summer comes.Yesterday,Jane's parents bought her the water pistol,which turned out to be the last one in the store.As soon as Joan found out,she had a temper tantrum and hit Jane in the stomach. ____ best explains Joan's behavior.

Which of the following is false?

Kristi has been very frustrated in her search for the perfect apartment that costs next to nothing.According to frustration-aggression theory,what would most likely increase the likelihood that Kristi's frustration will lead to aggressive behavior?

Which of the following is true about whether or not punishing aggression reduced aggressive behavior?

____ aggression is an act in the service of a goal that does not involve the infliction of pain.

William Griffitt and Roberta Veitch (1971)administered tests to students who were randomly assigned to take the test in a room with normal temperature or in a ninety-degree room.After completing the test,students were asked how aggressive they felt,and their hostility toward a stranger was measured.These researchers found that students in the

Your textbook reports some statistics on gender differences in violence committed against intimate partners.Of all the violent crimes committed against women in a typical year,nearly ____ percent were committed by their intimate male partners,while for men the figure is less than ____ percent.

Recall that Victor Cline and his colleagues (1973)measured the physiological arousal of heavy TV viewers and light TV viewers when the came into the lab to watch a violent boxing match.Results of their study reveal that

Which of the following parent-child interactions is most likely to reduce the child's aggressive behavior?

A preschool teacher encourages an angry child to "use your words" to express anger at another child.In essence,the teacher is encouraging ____,which reduces aggression.

Gordon Russell (1983),a sports psychologist,observed the behavior of fans during an especially violent hockey game.Contrary to predictions based on the notion of catharsis,Russell found that the belligerence and hostility of the spectators

Which of the following is false?

____ reflects the idea that if people can "aggress" in harmless ways,built-up aggressive energies will diminish,reducing the odds of further aggressive behavior.

Recall an experiment in which participants were insulted either before or after they learned that the offender was upset due to a low grade (Johnson & Rule,1986).Participants were more likely to retaliate when the situation was explained to them after the insult.These results support the idea that provocation is less likely to result in an aggressive response when

According to evolutionary theory,some psychologists argue that men are programmed to be aggressive.What is their explanation for this claim?

Your textbook describes the results of cross-cultural observational research that addresses levels of aggression in children.According to this research,which of the following children would be most likely to engage in "non-playful" pushing,hitting,and shoving on the playground?

Anger control through "active enabling" might involve which of the following?

According to the relationship between frustration and aggression,who is most likely to get into an argument with someone who cuts in line ahead of him or her?

Which of the following is probably the best explanation of why the murder rate in Canada is so much lower than the murder rate in the United States?

____ theory posits that we learn to aggress by observing and imitating others.