Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

According to the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau,what causes aggression in humans?

Sigmund Freud asserted that aggressive urges must be released in some way,or else they will build until they produce physical or psychological illness.Given this specific assertion,Freud's is a(n) ____ model of aggression.

Researchers have found that humans kill members of their own kind at ____ rate ____.

Which of the following statements is false?

Recall that Leonard Berkowitz and Bartholmeu Troccoli (1990)had some women experience discomfort while listening to a job interview and other women sit comfortably.Half of the women in each of these two experimental conditions rated their feelings while listening to the interview,whereas the other half simply listened.Later,all women reported on their feelings toward the interviewee.These researchers found that women who both experienced discomfort and rated their feelings rated the interviewee more positively than women who simply experienced discomfort.The take-home message of this experiment is

During the seventeenth century,when European fur traders arrived,the Iroquois changed from a peace-loving tribe to fierce enemies of their neighbors,the Hurons.This suggests that

Frustration increases the probability of an aggressive response,but does not inevitably lead to such a response .A number of situational factors work to accentuate frustration,further increasing the odds of aggression.For example,frustration is accentuated when we

Richard Nisbett (1993)has conducted research pointing to regional differences in the propensity to aggress.Based on his findings,which of the men below would be more likely to beat up another man who called his wife "ugly"?

Research on the effects of aggressive stimuli shows that

A study by Cohen and his colleagues (1996)demonstrated that when participants were first "accidentally" bumped,then called a disrespectful name,Northerners tended to react ____ Southerners.

Your text describes differences in the way that the American people regarded "the enemy" during World War II as opposed to during the Iraq War of 2003.According to the authors,Americans were hostile to the Japanese people but not to the Iraqi people because

John and Sam get into a fistfight in the middle of a gun shop.The presence of the guns would be an example of

A country called Asukistan has just entered a war with a neighboring nation.Based on research (Archer & Gartner,1976,1984)on the effects of war on aggression,how will the citizens of Asukistan be affected?

According to the analysis presented by the authors at the end of Chapter 12 (Aggression),the most effective way to try and reduce the likelihood of future school shootings is to

According to the authors of your text,the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau stand in contrast to the ideas of

Lee is thinking about murdering someone who has wronged him.According to information from your text,under what circumstances would Lee be least likely to commit the crime?

Recall that participants in Michael Kahn's (1966)experiment were insulted by an alleged medical technician and that those who were allowed to vent their hostility to the technician's supervisor subsequently felt even greater dislike and hostility towards the technician than did those who did not get a chance to complain.This increase in dislike after complaining is most likely due to

Ruth Peterson and William Bailey (1988)studied crime statistics both before and after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.These researchers found that the return to capital punishment

For twenty years,Debbie has bottled up her resentment toward her mother.Not coincidentally,she's developed a horrible skin rash,cannot sleep,and has lost her appetite.Debbie's situation is an example of

The phenomenon of "road rage" has been given increasing attention by print and electronic media.Briefly,road rage involves retaliations against other drivers (e.g.,shooting,running them off the road)that far exceed their offenses (e.g.,driving too slowly,tailgating).You're designing next year's model cars,and have just read Chapter 12 (Aggression).What new design feature might you suggest?