SOP3004 FSU EXAM 3 questions
correctly answered
Aggression - correct answer ✔✔-any behavior intended to harm another person who is
motivated to avoid harm
-intentional
-has to be a behavior
-victim wants to avoid harm
Direct aggression - correct answer ✔✔-behavior aimed at hurting someone to his or her face;
either physical or verbal
Women are more likely to engage in - correct answer ✔✔indirect behavior
Men are more likely to engage in - correct answer ✔✔direct aggression
Indirect aggression - correct answer ✔✔-an attempt to hurt another person without the
obvious face to face conflict
-gossip
Emotional Aggression - correct answer ✔✔hurtful behavior that stems from angry feelings.
Throwing something in a fit of rage
Instrumental Aggression - correct answer ✔✔hurting another person to accomplish some other
goal. Tripping a sports ball player on the other team
,What are some explanations for why people are aggressive? - correct answer ✔✔Freud
believed people had a death instinct, an innate pull to end one's own life that gets redirected
toward destroying others. Its not right but its where it started. It may be strategy that is useful
in one situation but not in the next
Displacement - correct answer ✔✔indirect expression of an aggressive impulse away from the
person or animal that elicited it (e.g., punching wall if angry at someone)
Hostile (reactive) - correct answer ✔✔-aggression as a reaction due to something (hot
aggression)
-annoyed or angry and reacting to it
Instrumental (proactive) - correct answer ✔✔-using aggression as a means to an end/goal (cold
aggression)
-wasn't angry at them, but was paid to do it so he did it
-generally frowned upon, but can be justified (war)
Active aggression - correct answer ✔✔-taking some sort of action in order to aggress
Passive aggression - correct answer ✔✔-intended to not perform an action
-intentionally doing something in order to not harm
-failing to act
-leaving the toilet seat up
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Aggression may be an automatic
response to any blocking of goal-directed behavior
1. Frustration or unpleasant experience
2. negative feelings
, 3. emotional aggression
-doesn't explain all aggression just proactive aggression
-rebunked
Temporary Arousal - correct answer ✔✔any internal arousal state can enhance aggressive
activity
Excitation-Transfer Theory - correct answer ✔✔anger is physiologically similar to other
emotional states and any form of emotional arousal can enhance aggressive response
Cantor et al study: Aggression on Females - correct answer ✔✔Chose to look at direct
aggression on females. They frustrated the women first. Half were shown a nonviolent erotic
film and others watched a neutral control film. The DV was what kind of music they played on
their opponent. Unrelated physiological arousal can lead to more aggressive responses
Pain-Berkowitz Shocks and Rewards - correct answer ✔✔Participants were given the role of
supervisor - had to administer shocks and rewards to subordinates. Either ice cold and painful
or room temperature water. If they had felt pain, supervisors were more likely to give more
shocks and fewer rewards to subordinates
When are people most aggressive ? - correct answer ✔✔Violent behaviors of all sorts are more
likely to occur during hot weather
Relative deprivation - correct answer ✔✔feeling that one has less than the others to whom one
compares oneself. Couples are likely to fight during hard economic times
What personality factors may contribute to aggression? - correct answer ✔✔Those who are
found to have a type A personality were found to be more aggressive and irritable
correctly answered
Aggression - correct answer ✔✔-any behavior intended to harm another person who is
motivated to avoid harm
-intentional
-has to be a behavior
-victim wants to avoid harm
Direct aggression - correct answer ✔✔-behavior aimed at hurting someone to his or her face;
either physical or verbal
Women are more likely to engage in - correct answer ✔✔indirect behavior
Men are more likely to engage in - correct answer ✔✔direct aggression
Indirect aggression - correct answer ✔✔-an attempt to hurt another person without the
obvious face to face conflict
-gossip
Emotional Aggression - correct answer ✔✔hurtful behavior that stems from angry feelings.
Throwing something in a fit of rage
Instrumental Aggression - correct answer ✔✔hurting another person to accomplish some other
goal. Tripping a sports ball player on the other team
,What are some explanations for why people are aggressive? - correct answer ✔✔Freud
believed people had a death instinct, an innate pull to end one's own life that gets redirected
toward destroying others. Its not right but its where it started. It may be strategy that is useful
in one situation but not in the next
Displacement - correct answer ✔✔indirect expression of an aggressive impulse away from the
person or animal that elicited it (e.g., punching wall if angry at someone)
Hostile (reactive) - correct answer ✔✔-aggression as a reaction due to something (hot
aggression)
-annoyed or angry and reacting to it
Instrumental (proactive) - correct answer ✔✔-using aggression as a means to an end/goal (cold
aggression)
-wasn't angry at them, but was paid to do it so he did it
-generally frowned upon, but can be justified (war)
Active aggression - correct answer ✔✔-taking some sort of action in order to aggress
Passive aggression - correct answer ✔✔-intended to not perform an action
-intentionally doing something in order to not harm
-failing to act
-leaving the toilet seat up
Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis - correct answer ✔✔Aggression may be an automatic
response to any blocking of goal-directed behavior
1. Frustration or unpleasant experience
2. negative feelings
, 3. emotional aggression
-doesn't explain all aggression just proactive aggression
-rebunked
Temporary Arousal - correct answer ✔✔any internal arousal state can enhance aggressive
activity
Excitation-Transfer Theory - correct answer ✔✔anger is physiologically similar to other
emotional states and any form of emotional arousal can enhance aggressive response
Cantor et al study: Aggression on Females - correct answer ✔✔Chose to look at direct
aggression on females. They frustrated the women first. Half were shown a nonviolent erotic
film and others watched a neutral control film. The DV was what kind of music they played on
their opponent. Unrelated physiological arousal can lead to more aggressive responses
Pain-Berkowitz Shocks and Rewards - correct answer ✔✔Participants were given the role of
supervisor - had to administer shocks and rewards to subordinates. Either ice cold and painful
or room temperature water. If they had felt pain, supervisors were more likely to give more
shocks and fewer rewards to subordinates
When are people most aggressive ? - correct answer ✔✔Violent behaviors of all sorts are more
likely to occur during hot weather
Relative deprivation - correct answer ✔✔feeling that one has less than the others to whom one
compares oneself. Couples are likely to fight during hard economic times
What personality factors may contribute to aggression? - correct answer ✔✔Those who are
found to have a type A personality were found to be more aggressive and irritable
