Ch 10
Status-based aggression helps explain why aggression is highest in males during
what phase of life?
Adolescence and early childhood
Among the negative outcomes of cyberbullying cited by your text is ______.
Suicide
The definition of aggression excludes which of the following?
pain as a result of helping someone, unintentional harm
Select all of the following that are considered to be causes of aggression.
the natural response to frustration, biological influences, learned behavior
Jean-Jacques Rousseau blames____ not human nature, for social evils, supporting
the "noble savage" view
society
Although aggression is biologically influenced, the human propensity to aggress
does not qualify as_____behavior.
instinctive
intentional and repeated aggression via email, texts, online social networks and
other forms of electronic communication is called
cyberbullying
Research by Stone (2015) showed that _____ of mass shooters have been male,
which may be linked to extremes of status-based aggression.
Multiple choice question.
98%
physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm
aggression
No one spot of the brain controls aggression; however, it has been found that
______ systems in both animals and humans can facilitate aggressive behaviors.
neural
Social psychologists have proposed that aggression is caused by biological
influences. frustration and _____ behavior
learned
MC: A big debate among philosophers focuses on whether humans are by nature
contented and benign or brutish and aggressive. The view that blames society, not
human nature, for social evils would most likely regard the human being as:
Multiple choice question.
Noble savage
Heredity
can influence the neural system's sensitivity to aggressive cues; for example,
animals can be bred to be aggressive.
Which of the following was considered by Freud and Lorenz to be an instinctive drive
(innate, unlearned, and universal)?
Aggressive energy
, T or F, According to a 2014 study (Pederson et al.), college students who were
primed to think about alcohol responded more aggressively to ambiguous insults.
True
In studies on sleep deprivation (Kamphuis et al., 2012; Krizan & Herlache, 2016), it
was discovered that poor sleep can lead to violent and aggressive behavior. This is
because sleep deprivation affects what part of the brain?
prefrontal cortex
Human aggressiveness correlates which of the following
testosterone
In research by Raine et al. (2016, 2021), 11- and 12-year-old children who were
assigned what supplements as part of their diet behaved less aggressively over the
next three months?
Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins
T or F: Long-term studies following New Zealand children (Caspi et al., 2002; Moffitt
et al., 2003) reveal that a recipe for aggressive behavior combines the MAOA-L gene
with childhood mistreatment.
True
______grows when our motivation to achieve a goal is very strong and we are
blocked from reaching our goal.
Frustration
In a 2010 study by DeWall et al., which of the following were significantly more
aggressive after drinking alcohol?
Multiple choice question.
Larger, heavier men
How did Leonard Berkowitz (1978, 1989) revise frustration-aggression theory?
Multiple choice question.
He theorized that frustration produces aggression only when others' actions seem
unjustified.
Which of the following demonstrate how testosterone plays a role in aggression?
Multiple select question.
After the age of 25 testosterone levels and rates of violent crime decreases together,
after handling a gun, mens testosterone levels rise, those with high testosterone
levels are more prone to hard drugs, delinquency and aggression
When a person comes home and is frustrated with their boss, yet takes it out on their
children, they have just provided an example of ______.
Multiple choice question.
Displacement
To lower aggression one should eat a diet ______.
high in omega-3, low in trans fat, low in sweetened drinks
Banduras____ learning theory states that we learn aggression from observing others
social
Which of the following is true of frustration?
It is anything that blocks people from attaining a goal
Status-based aggression helps explain why aggression is highest in males during
what phase of life?
Adolescence and early childhood
Among the negative outcomes of cyberbullying cited by your text is ______.
Suicide
The definition of aggression excludes which of the following?
pain as a result of helping someone, unintentional harm
Select all of the following that are considered to be causes of aggression.
the natural response to frustration, biological influences, learned behavior
Jean-Jacques Rousseau blames____ not human nature, for social evils, supporting
the "noble savage" view
society
Although aggression is biologically influenced, the human propensity to aggress
does not qualify as_____behavior.
instinctive
intentional and repeated aggression via email, texts, online social networks and
other forms of electronic communication is called
cyberbullying
Research by Stone (2015) showed that _____ of mass shooters have been male,
which may be linked to extremes of status-based aggression.
Multiple choice question.
98%
physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm
aggression
No one spot of the brain controls aggression; however, it has been found that
______ systems in both animals and humans can facilitate aggressive behaviors.
neural
Social psychologists have proposed that aggression is caused by biological
influences. frustration and _____ behavior
learned
MC: A big debate among philosophers focuses on whether humans are by nature
contented and benign or brutish and aggressive. The view that blames society, not
human nature, for social evils would most likely regard the human being as:
Multiple choice question.
Noble savage
Heredity
can influence the neural system's sensitivity to aggressive cues; for example,
animals can be bred to be aggressive.
Which of the following was considered by Freud and Lorenz to be an instinctive drive
(innate, unlearned, and universal)?
Aggressive energy
, T or F, According to a 2014 study (Pederson et al.), college students who were
primed to think about alcohol responded more aggressively to ambiguous insults.
True
In studies on sleep deprivation (Kamphuis et al., 2012; Krizan & Herlache, 2016), it
was discovered that poor sleep can lead to violent and aggressive behavior. This is
because sleep deprivation affects what part of the brain?
prefrontal cortex
Human aggressiveness correlates which of the following
testosterone
In research by Raine et al. (2016, 2021), 11- and 12-year-old children who were
assigned what supplements as part of their diet behaved less aggressively over the
next three months?
Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins
T or F: Long-term studies following New Zealand children (Caspi et al., 2002; Moffitt
et al., 2003) reveal that a recipe for aggressive behavior combines the MAOA-L gene
with childhood mistreatment.
True
______grows when our motivation to achieve a goal is very strong and we are
blocked from reaching our goal.
Frustration
In a 2010 study by DeWall et al., which of the following were significantly more
aggressive after drinking alcohol?
Multiple choice question.
Larger, heavier men
How did Leonard Berkowitz (1978, 1989) revise frustration-aggression theory?
Multiple choice question.
He theorized that frustration produces aggression only when others' actions seem
unjustified.
Which of the following demonstrate how testosterone plays a role in aggression?
Multiple select question.
After the age of 25 testosterone levels and rates of violent crime decreases together,
after handling a gun, mens testosterone levels rise, those with high testosterone
levels are more prone to hard drugs, delinquency and aggression
When a person comes home and is frustrated with their boss, yet takes it out on their
children, they have just provided an example of ______.
Multiple choice question.
Displacement
To lower aggression one should eat a diet ______.
high in omega-3, low in trans fat, low in sweetened drinks
Banduras____ learning theory states that we learn aggression from observing others
social
Which of the following is true of frustration?
It is anything that blocks people from attaining a goal
