Exam 24: The Nature and Nurture of Aggression

Most terrorism is considered _______ aggression.

,the frustration-aggression relationship is mediated by the role of

invited angered participants to hit a punching bag while either ruminating about the person who angered them or thinking about becoming physically fit.A third group of participants did not hit the punching bag.When given a chance to administer loud blasts of noise to the person who angered them,people in _______ condition(s)felt angrier and were more aggressive.

After arguing with her boyfriend over the telephone,Roberta smashes down the receiver and then throws the phone across the room.This behavior most clearly demonstrates

In relation to aggression,the most studied environmental irritant is

Review the research on aggression cues and violence.

found that intoxicated people administered stronger shocks and felt angrier when thinking about

Research suggests that the sight of a weapon can

In a revision of the frustration-aggression theory,Berkowitz emphasized the importance of

Explain Berkowitz's revised frustration-aggression theory.

According to Myers,in 2003 American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis,but as an instrumental act of liberation and of self-defense against presumed weapons of mass destruction.Social psychologists would consider this an example of _______ aggression.

The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration is referred to as

Of the following,which is the best example of instrumental aggression?

Studies of hormonal influences on aggression indicate that

It was raining out and Jessie's car had a flat tire.After she managed to fix it,she arrived home late only to find someone had parked in her assigned parking spot.When she entered her apartment,she kicked her pet cat who was waiting at the door.Jessie's behavior is perhaps most easily explained in terms of

Who among the following argued that there is an inborn aggressive drive?

now believes that _______ is the basic trigger of hostile aggression.

In contrast to Freud's view of aggression,Lorenz argued that aggression is

Compared to the national rate,abused children are _______ times _______ likely to abuse their own children.

Displaced aggression is most likely to occur when the target _______ to the instigator.