Exam 12: Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Julie is really interested in Tom. She flirts with him at lunch a few times, and finally asks him out for a drink on Friday. According to the authors of your text, Julie's behavior is __________.

Citizens are outraged at an unpopular government policy, and in many parts of the country they have taken to the streets to protest. Results of research on the "long, hot summer" would lead you to predict that in the __________ would be LEAST likely to fill the streets in protest.

In an early experiment regarding the effects of violent media (Liebert & Baron, 1972), one group of young children watched an extremely violent episode of a police show. Another group watched an exciting, but not violent show. What were the results of this experiment?

Your six-year-old brother has developed some very distressing habits. He has become increasingly aggressive, destroying toys, hitting the neighbors' children, and threatening them with violence to take their toys away. You want to stop your little brother's destructive behavior using punishment. What would be the best way to do this?

Two children, Jane and Joan, have been eyeing a new water pistol in the local toy store for months. Each is convinced that her parents will buy her the water pistol as soon as summer comes. Yesterday, Jane's parents bought her the water pistol, which turned out to be the last one in the store. As soon as Joan found out, she had a temper tantrum and hit Jane in the stomach. __________ best explains Joan's behavior.

According to the relationship between frustration and aggression, who is most likely to get into an argument with someone who cuts in line ahead of him or her?

According to the social-psychological definition of "aggression," which of the behaviors below is the best example of aggression?

Biologist Zing Yang Kuo (1961) demonstrated that a cat that had been raised from birth with a rat in the same cage would attack neither that specific rat nor other rats. This research suggests that __________.

Most social psychologists regard aggressive behavior patterns as __________.

Recall an experiment in which participants were insulted either before or after they learned that the offender was upset due to a low grade. Participants were more likely to retaliate when the situation was explained to them after the insult. These results support the idea that provocation is LESS likely to result in an aggressive response when __________.

Research demonstrates that, when shown a model who responds to provocation in a restrained, pleasant manner, children __________.

Teresa watches a lot of TV every day. Based on research presented in your text, how is Teresa most likely to view the world?

Author Eliot Aronson (2000) suggests that the Columbine massacre was not simply a product of deviant individuals. Although certainly not excusing this behavior, he points to the role of __________ as a significant factor in the recent spate of school shootings.

Who would be most likely to expect an apology?

In romantic relationships, a study of nearly 500 first-year American college women reported that they were __________ likely to hit, slap, and throw objects as their boyfriends.

Extrapolating from the research on relational aggression, which of the following would be the best thing a parent could teach a young girl?

Results of laboratory experiments with adults suggest that the one reason why threats of punishment do not seem to deter violent crime in the "real world" is that in the criminal justice system, punishment is __________.

Bullying is a particularly __________.

The 2013-2014 bullying prevention program implemented in New Jersey schools demonstrated even larger benefits in schools where __________.

Berkowitz and Le Page (1967) primed aggressive tendencies by doing which of these?