Deck 12: Interpersonal Aggression

Question 1

Multisystematic therapy is a type of therapy aimed at helping reduce aggression by:

A) focusing on what drives people to aggress.
B) reducing people's exposure to violent media.
C) targeting narcissistic tendencies.
D) providing a cathartic outlet.

Answer 1

focusing on what drives people to aggress.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a common rape myth?

A) She wanted it.
B) He meant to rape her.
C) She asked for it.
D) She lied.

Answer 2

He meant to rape her.

Question 3

In ____________________ men are highly motivated to protect their status and reputations.

A) the United States
B) collectivist cultures
C) cultures of honor
D) countries that produce a lot of violent media

Answer 3

cultures of honor

Question 4

Jason often yells at his children when he has a bad day at work. Jason's behavior reflects:

A) instrumental aggression.
B) provoked aggression.
C) displaced aggression.
D) violent aggression.

Question 5

________________ is when an individual forces sexual behavior on another person.

A) Rape
B) Aggression
C) Abuse
D) Sexual coercion

Question 6

A behavior is NOT aggressive if it is _________.

A) unintentional
B) verbal
C) instrumental
D) subtle

Question 7

When one's frustration feels justified or fair:

A) physical aggression is more likely to occur.
B) aggression is less likely to occur.
C) verbal aggression is more likely to occur.
D) he or she will likely displace his or her aggression.

Question 8

According to ________________________, low status men are especially sensitive to status threats.

A) terror management theory
B) low-status compensation theory
C) stereotype threat theory
D) displacement theory

Question 9

Which type of aggression is elicited by negative emotion?

A) instrumental
B) verbal
C) physical
D) affective

Question 10

Which type of aggression is the result of the pursuit of some other goal?

A) instrumental
B) verbal
C) physical
D) affective

Question 11

People who are above average in aggressive tendencies are:

A) most likely to exhibit increased aggression following exposure to violent media.
B) least likely to exhibit increased aggression following exposure to violent media.
C) unaffected by playing violent video games.
D) mentally ill.

Question 12

What percentage of violent crimes and sexual assaults involve alcohol?

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 50%
D) 80%

Question 13

Rick wants to vent his aggressive impulses so he plays violent video games every day after work. Rick's behavior is an example of:

A) instrumental aggression.
B) affective aggression.
C) hostile attribution bias.
D) catharsis.

Question 14

Self-awareness is:

A) reduced when one has been consuming alcohol.
B) heightened when one has been consuming alcohol.
C) heightened when one is watching a violent movie.
D) the reason people aggress.

Question 15

Michael physically abuses his wife. He has a history of violent behavior and has always struggled with controlling his impulses. Which type of abuser is Michael?

A) psychopathic
B) undercontrolled
C) overcontrolled
D) borderline

Question 16

Hostile attribution bias is the tendency to:

A) attribute hostile intent to others' actions, even when their intentions are innocent.
B) react aggressively whenever interacting with others.
C) be easily provoked to violence.
D) aggress against others without cause.

Question 17

According to the frustration-aggression model:

A) aggression is the result of low self-esteem causing frustration.
B) frustration leads to violence.
C) frustration produces an emotional readiness to aggress.
D) males become aggressive because testosterone increases frustration.

Question 18

The weapons effect:

A) is the tendency for people be more inclined to use a weapon to aggress when they are frustrated.
B) is a phenomenon only observed in the United States.
C) has not been empirically tested.
D) is the tendency for the presence of firearms to increase the likelihood of aggression, especially when people are frustrated.

Question 19

Aggression is:

A) any physical behavior that is intended to harm another person or persons (or any living thing).
B) any verbal behavior that is intended to harm another person or persons (or any living thing).
C) any intentionally violent behavior that is intended to harm another person or persons (or any living thing).
D) any physical or verbal behavior that is intended to harm another person or persons (or any living thing).

Question 20

Clint has a grandiose but fragile view self. Clint is high in the trait of _________.

A) narcissism
B) agreeableness
C) neuroticism
D) impulsivity

Question 21

What is alcohol myopia?

Question 22

Describe the frustration-aggression hypothesis. Give one example of how this hypothesis is studied in a research setting.

Question 23

Describe the weapons effect. Describe one laboratory of field study that demonstrates the effect.

Question 24

How do cultural differences in individualism and collectivism relate to violence?

Question 25

What is displaced aggression and what condition usually leads to displaced aggression?

Question 26

How is serotonin associated with aggression? How does varying levels of serotonin increase or decrease aggression?

Question 27

List three common rape myths. Explain the sources of these myths.

Question 28

Define triggered displaced aggression.When is triggered displaced aggression most likely to occur?

Question 29

Discuss the difference between affective aggression and instrumental aggression. Give one example of each.

Question 30

According to research, when does exposure to pornography influence violence against women?

Question 31

Describe the differences between men and women on types of aggression typically exhibited. Explain why researchers think this difference exists.

Question 32

Describe the idea of a culture of honor. Discuss the historical influences on the development of the culture of honor.

Question 33

Describe three reasons why alcohol increases aggression.

Question 34

When and why does narcissism increase aggression?

Question 35

Discuss how aggressive tendencies influence the effects of playing violent video games on aggression. Discuss one study that supports your discussion.

Question 36

How are intellectual functioning and aggression related? Explain which areas of the brain may be involved.

Question 37

What does research on twin pairs suggest about the nature of aggression? Discuss one study from the text.

Question 38

Discuss research linking the playing of prosocial games to aggression. Specifically, what effect does playing prosocial games have on aggression?

Question 39

Describe the assertion made by low-status compensation theory. Explain how this theory explains the development of the culture of honor.

Question 40

What is the hostile attribution bias? Give an example of the hostile attribution bias in action.

Question 41

In general, people will ________ when some impediment prevents aggressing against the original source of frustration.

A) exercise self-control
B) experience increased death anxiety
C) displace aggression
D) become extremely violent

Question 42

Aggression is less likely to occur if the frustration one is experiencing:

A) results from an interaction with a friend.
B) seems justified.
C) results from an interaction with a member of an outgroup.
D) seems arbitrary.

Question 43

_________________ is any physical or verbal behavior that is intended to harm another person or persons (or any living thing).

A) Displacement
B) Frustration
C) Aggression
D) Violence

Question 44

_____________________ is Freud's term for what he proposed is the human inborn instinct to aggress and to destroy.

A) Thanatos
B) Prefrontal cortex
C) Serotonin
D) Eros

Question 45

Which of the following would NOT be an example of aggression?

A) A man punches a woman in the face after she yells at him.
B) A boy attempts to kick another child but misses.
C) A doctor is examining a patient's bruised arm and the patient screams out in pain.
D) A woman shoots a man attempting to assault her.

Question 46

The ________________ is the region of the brain that regulates impulsive behavior.

A) dorsal anterior cingulate cortex
B) amygdala
C) hypothalamus
D) prefrontal cortex

Question 47

_________________ is harm done to another person that is elicited in response to some negative emotion.

A) Instrumental aggression
B) Violent aggression
C) Physical aggression
D) Affective aggression

Question 48

For something to be labeled as aggression it has to be__________.

A) intentional
B) violent
C) physical
D) painful

Question 49

A boxer punches his opponent as hard as he can. He does not do this because he is upset at his opponent; he does it because he wants to win the boxing match. What type of aggression is this?

A) affective aggression
B) instrumental aggression
C) verbal aggression
D) implicit aggression

Question 50

______________________ is Freud's term for what he proposed is the human inborn instinct to seek pleasure and to create.

A) Thanatos
B) Prefrontal cortex
C) Serotonin
D) Eros

Question 51

________________ occurs when someone does not respond to an initial provocation but later, when faced with a second provocation, responds more aggressively than would be warranted by that second provocation alone.

A) Violent aggression
B) Provoked aggression
C) Instrumental aggression
D) Triggered displaced aggression

Question 52

_______________ is aggression directed to a target other than the source of one's frustration.

A) Instrumental aggression
B) Affective aggression
C) Displaced aggression
D) Violent aggression

Question 53

Vince is angry at his boss and goes home and yells at his wife. This is an example of:

A) instrumental aggression.
B) provoked aggression.
C) displaced aggression.
D) violent aggression.

Question 54

________________ is harm done to another person that serves some other goal.

A) Instrumental aggression
B) Violent aggression
C) Physical aggression
D) Affective aggression

Question 55

Research showing that the number of lynching of African Americans by Whites in the American South correlated with the value of cotton provides support for:

A) terror management theory.
B) the frustration-aggression hypothesis.
C) social identity theory.
D) Freud's theory of aggression.

Question 56

One function of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is to:

A) prepare our bodies for "flight" or "fight."
B) stimulate aggressive tendencies.
C) alert us when there is a conflict between our expectations and the situation we are in.
D) decrease aggressive tendencies.

Question 57

______________ proposes that frustration produces an emotional readiness to aggress.

A) Terror management theory
B) The frustration-aggression hypothesis
C) Freud's theory of aggression
D) The displacement hypothesis

Question 58

In the psychology of aggression, the most widely studied hormone is __________.

A) testosterone
B) insulin
C) estrogen
D) amygdala

Question 59

Research showing that participants were more likely to shock someone if they were prevented from obtaining a desired prize provided support for:

A) terror management theory.
B) the frustration-aggression hypothesis.
C) social identity theory.
D) Freud's theory of aggression.

Question 60

__________________ is the study of animal behavior in its natural context.

A) Biology
B) Ethology
C) Eros
D) Thanatos

Question 61

In the culture of honor research by Cohen and colleagues (1994):

A) southerners were more likely than northerners to have aggressive cognitions after being insulted.
B) southerners were less likely than northerners to have aggressive cognitions after being insulted.
C) southerners tended to laugh after being insulted.
D) northerners tended to withdrawal emotionally after being insulted.

Question 62

The association between media violence and aggression is:

A) stronger than the association between smoking and lung cancer.
B) weaker than the association between calcium intake and bone mass.
C) stronger than the association between condom use and sexually transmitted HIV.
D) weaker than the association between self-examination and extent of breast cancer.

Question 63

Phillip loves watching violent action movies. Phillip also has aggressive tendencies. For Phillip, exposure to violent media is likely to:

A) increase self-control.
B) increase aggression.
C) decrease aggression.
D) have little to no effect on aggression.

Question 64

Research indicates that exposure to violent media:

A) increases aggression.
B) decreases aggression.
C) has no effect on aggression.
D) leads to severe mental illness.

Question 65

Research indicates that people high in rejection sensitivity tend to overreact to rejection with:

A) efforts to reconnect to others.
B) increased racial prejudice.
C) aggressive responses.
D) instrumental aggression.

Question 66

Research found that having participants play violent video games:

A) decreased the amount of noise they administered in a noise blast task.
B) increased the amount of noise they administered in a noise blast task.
C) had no effect on the amount of noise they administered in a noise blast task.
D) made them kinder and more willing to help others.

Question 67

According to research, what percentage of abused children grow up to be abusive parents?

A) 70%
B) 10%
C) 30%
D) 90%

Question 68

Using a bug-killing experimental task, researchers found that the more bugs participants were instructed to kill, the more bugs they voluntarily chose to kill during a subsequent free time period if the:

A) participants were high in trait anger.
B) participants believed there was some similarity between bugs and humans.
C) experimenter provoked the participants.
D) participants believe there was no similarity between bugs and humans.

Question 69

_________________ is the tendency for the presence of firearms to increase the likelihood of aggression, especially when people are frustrated.

A) The weapons effect
B) Displacement
C) The priming effect
D) Hostile aggression

Question 70

The more people identify with the character they see engaging in filmed violence:

A) the more likely they are to aggress.
B) the less likely they are to aggress.
C) the more likely they are to experience negative emotions.
D) the less likely they are to further consume violent media.

Question 71

Research has generally:

A) failed to link violent video game playing to aggression.
B) shown that only males are violent.
C) established a link between violent video game playing and aggression.
D) shown that it is aggressive tendencies that predict interest in violent media and not the other way around.

Question 72

The weapons effect tends to only be observed:

A) when the participant is in a good mood.
B) if the participant has low self-esteem.
C) under conditions of cognitive load.
D) when the participant is angry.

Question 73

Research on the role of social rejection in aggression found that being rejected:

A) increases aggression.
B) decreases aggression.
C) has not effect on aggression.
D) increases aggression but only among children.

Question 74

Research indicates that the more violent television people watch:

A) the more they believe violence is acceptable.
B) the less they believe violence is acceptable.
C) the more they believe violence is common in the real world.
D) the less they believe violence is common in the real world.

Question 75

John loves playing violent video games. However, John does not have aggressive tendencies. For John, exposure to violent media is likely to:

A) increase self-control.
B) increase aggression.
C) decrease aggression.
D) have little to no effect on aggression.

Question 76

Research on aggression found that Major League Baseball pitchers were more likely to hit batters:

A) if they had low self-esteem.
B) if the batter was a racial minority.
C) on days they had consumed alcohol.
D) on days when the temperature reached or surpassed 90 degrees.

Question 77

In cultures of honor, people (especially men) are:

A) likely to play violent video games.
B) safer.
C) higher in self-control.
D) highly motivated to protect their status and reputations.

Question 78

Exposure to aggression and physical violence at home:

A) decreases aggressive tendencies among children.
B) increases aggressive tendencies among children.
C) has little effect on the aggressive tendencies of children.
D) only increases aggressive tendencies among children who play violent video games.

Question 79

In the United States, most murders are:

A) committed with firearms.
B) motivated by religious belief.
C) linked to organized crime.
D) linked to mental illness.

Question 80

Violent media is most likely to influence aggression:

A) among people who really like video games.
B) in poorer countries.
C) in urban areas.
D) among people who are generally above average in aggressive tendencies.