Question 1

One of the most successful treatments for violent juvenile delinquents is called

Accepted Answer

A) multisystem therapy. 
B) aggression replacement training. 
C) bullying prevention. 
D) sensitization therapy. 
A) multisystem therapy. 
B) aggression replacement training. 
C) bullying prevention. 
D) sensitization therapy.

Question 2

Aggression replacement training has all of the following components except

Accepted Answer

A) improved moral reasoning. 
B) social competence training. 
C) aggression control. 
D) systematic desensitization. 
A) improved moral reasoning. 
B) social competence training. 
C) aggression control. 
D) systematic desensitization.

Question 3

Research on violent media suggests that depictions of indirect,relational forms of aggression on TV targeted toward adolescents are

Accepted Answer

A) not particularly common. 
B) more likely to be demonstrated by male than female characters. 
C) often portrayed as eliciting a clear reward. 
D) do not influence the immediate behavior of adolescent viewers. 
A) not particularly common. 
B) more likely to be demonstrated by male than female characters. 
C) often portrayed as eliciting a clear reward. 
D) do not influence the immediate behavior of adolescent viewers.

Question 4

A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined,observed,or actual act of aggression is called

Accepted Answer

A) catharsis. 
B) displacement. 
C) rumination. 
D) cultivation. 
A) catharsis. 
B) displacement. 
C) rumination. 
D) cultivation.

Question 5

Research on testosterone and aggression indicates that

Accepted Answer

A) it is surprising that women ever aggress given that they have no testosterone. 
B) their relationship in human males is weaker and less reliable than expected. 
C) very little regarding aggressive behavior is actually heritable. 
D) their relationship disappears when you examine samples of elderly adults. 
A) it is surprising that women ever aggress given that they have no testosterone. 
B) their relationship in human males is weaker and less reliable than expected. 
C) very little regarding aggressive behavior is actually heritable. 
D) their relationship disappears when you examine samples of elderly adults.

Question 6

The finding that male-to-male violence occurs primarily in response to status challenges,but male-to-female violence occurs primarily in response to sexual jealousy,______________supports the______________perspective of aggression.

Accepted Answer

A) instinct 
B) evolutionary 
C) learning 
D) sociocultural 
A) instinct 
B) evolutionary 
C) learning 
D) sociocultural

Question 7

Aggressive behavior whereby harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end is known as______________aggression.

Accepted Answer

A) proactive 
B) reactive 
C) emotional 
D) relational 
A) proactive 
B) reactive 
C) emotional 
D) relational

Question 8

The only way that Britney can get her husband to stop leaving his dirty socks on the kitchen table is to pinch him every time he does it.Britney's aggressive behavior is perpetuated through the idea of

Accepted Answer

A) positive reinforcement. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) positive punishment. 
D) negative punishment. 
A) positive reinforcement. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) positive punishment. 
D) negative punishment.

Question 9

Chris is a playground bully.He finds that he can win the admiration of his peers by acting aggressively.Chris's aggressive behavior is encouraged by

Accepted Answer

A) positive reinforcement. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) positive punishment. 
D) negative punishment. 
A) positive reinforcement. 
B) negative reinforcement. 
C) positive punishment. 
D) negative punishment.

Question 10

Discuss the role played by arousal and affect in aggression.

Accepted Answer

Independently,both negative affect and h

Question 11

Ira believes that aggression is an acquired tendency picked up by observing others and by experience with rewards and punishments.Ira's beliefs are most consistent with

Accepted Answer

A) social learning theory. 
B) the evolutionary perspective. 
C) instinct theory. 
D) negative affect escape model. 
A) social learning theory. 
B) the evolutionary perspective. 
C) instinct theory. 
D) negative affect escape model.

Question 12

An attorney has a copy of a videotape that shows her client being beaten very violently by two men.Her client is suing these men.The jury has already seen this video several times during the trial,and the attorney is considering showing it many more times.However,an expert social psychologist should warn the attorney that replaying the videotaped beating many more times may reduce the likelihood of winning a large amount of money because the jurors might

Accepted Answer

A) become desensitized to the beatings and thus grant less significance to the video in their final judgment. 
B) engage in higher-order cognitive processing and thus feel less sympathy for the client. 
C) become cultivated by the beatings and thus try to avoid thinking about them when making their final judgment. 
D) be vulnerable to the weapons effect and thus be less likely to award a high settlement. 
A) become desensitized to the beatings and thus grant less significance to the video in their final judgment. 
B) engage in higher-order cognitive processing and thus feel less sympathy for the client. 
C) become cultivated by the beatings and thus try to avoid thinking about them when making their final judgment. 
D) be vulnerable to the weapons effect and thus be less likely to award a high settlement.

Question 13

Jay has just been exposed to highly arousing violent pornography,whereas Dave has just been exposed to equally arousing but nonviolent pornography.The research on pornography and aggression suggests that,compared to Dave, Jay should subsequently be

Accepted Answer

A) less aggressive toward both women and men. 
B) more aggressive toward both women and men. 
C) less aggressive toward women but no different in his level of aggression toward men. 
D) more aggressive toward women but no different in his level of aggression toward men. 
A) less aggressive toward both women and men. 
B) more aggressive toward both women and men. 
C) less aggressive toward women but no different in his level of aggression toward men. 
D) more aggressive toward women but no different in his level of aggression toward men.

Question 14

The defining characteristic of aggression is that the aggressor

Accepted Answer

A) intends to harm another living being. 
B) actually causes physical or psychological harm. 
C) is angry or otherwise emotionally aroused during the aggressive act. 
D) derives enjoyment from the aggressive act. 
A) intends to harm another living being. 
B) actually causes physical or psychological harm. 
C) is angry or otherwise emotionally aroused during the aggressive act. 
D) derives enjoyment from the aggressive act.

Question 15

According to I3 theory,what "I" decreases the chance of aggression?

Accepted Answer

A) impellance 
B) instigation 
C) inhibition 
D) impetuousness 
A) impellance 
B) instigation 
C) inhibition 
D) impetuousness

Question 16

Many researchers maintain that there is a positive relationship between exposure to violent media and real-life aggressive behavior.The claim that exposure to violence actually increases aggression would be best supported by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) A study in which the variable "number of hours of violent television watched per week" is used to predict the likelihood that participants will be convicted of a violent crime in the future 
B) A study in which participants who are randomly assigned to play violent video games later administer greater levels of electric shock to a confederate than participants who are assigned to play neutral games 
C) Real-world examples where young people have committed crimes intended to mimic behaviors they have seen in violent movies 
D) A study in which men who have been accused of sexually aggressive behavior in the past report high levels of exposure to violent media 
A) A study in which the variable "number of hours of violent television watched per week" is used to predict the likelihood that participants will be convicted of a violent crime in the future 
B) A study in which participants who are randomly assigned to play violent video games later administer greater levels of electric shock to a confederate than participants who are assigned to play neutral games 
C) Real-world examples where young people have committed crimes intended to mimic behaviors they have seen in violent movies 
D) A study in which men who have been accused of sexually aggressive behavior in the past report high levels of exposure to violent media

Question 17

Under what conditions should punishment be most and least effective in reducing aggression? From the perspective______________of social learning theory,explain why punishment might increase rather than decrease aggression.

Accepted Answer

Punishment is most likely to be effectiv

Question 18

Marty watches his older brother act non-aggressively after being provoked.According to social learning theory, Marty is subsequently likely to

Accepted Answer

A) act less aggressively and experience stronger restraints against aggression. 
B) refrain from acting aggressively because he believes that he will be punished for aggressing. 
C) experience catharsis and displace his aggression onto safer,more acceptable targets. 
D) find more socially acceptable outlets for his impulses,such as rough sports. 
A) act less aggressively and experience stronger restraints against aggression. 
B) refrain from acting aggressively because he believes that he will be punished for aggressing. 
C) experience catharsis and displace his aggression onto safer,more acceptable targets. 
D) find more socially acceptable outlets for his impulses,such as rough sports.

Question 19

Which statement regarding the relationship between gender and aggression is false?

Accepted Answer

A) In virtually every culture,males are more violent than females. 
B) Men are more likely to commit a homicide and are more likely to be the victim of a murder than women. 
C) Males are more likely to engage in risky,self-destructive behavior than females. 
D) Boys demonstrate more overt and relational forms of aggression than do girls. 
A) In virtually every culture,males are more violent than females. 
B) Men are more likely to commit a homicide and are more likely to be the victim of a murder than women. 
C) Males are more likely to engage in risky,self-destructive behavior than females. 
D) Boys demonstrate more overt and relational forms of aggression than do girls.

Question 20

Nesbit & Cohen (1996)found that among______________in the American South,there was a greater acceptance of the notion that a man has a right to kill in defense of his family and his house.

Accepted Answer

A) black women 
B) white women 
C) black men 
D) white men 
A) black women 
B) white women 
C) black men 
D) white men

One of the most successful treatments for violent juvenile delinquents is called

Aggression replacement training has all of the following components except

Research on violent media suggests that depictions of indirect,relational forms of aggression on TV targeted toward adolescents are

A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined,observed,or actual act of aggression is called

Research on testosterone and aggression indicates that

The finding that male-to-male violence occurs primarily in response to status challenges,but male-to-female violence occurs primarily in response to sexual jealousy,supports theperspective of aggression.

Aggressive behavior whereby harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end is known as______________aggression.

The only way that Britney can get her husband to stop leaving his dirty socks on the kitchen table is to pinch him every time he does it.Britney's aggressive behavior is perpetuated through the idea of

Chris is a playground bully.He finds that he can win the admiration of his peers by acting aggressively.Chris's aggressive behavior is encouraged by

Discuss the role played by arousal and affect in aggression.

Ira believes that aggression is an acquired tendency picked up by observing others and by experience with rewards and punishments.Ira's beliefs are most consistent with

Jay has just been exposed to highly arousing violent pornography,whereas Dave has just been exposed to equally arousing but nonviolent pornography.The research on pornography and aggression suggests that,compared to Dave, Jay should subsequently be

The defining characteristic of aggression is that the aggressor

According to I³theory,what "I" decreases the chance of aggression?

Many researchers maintain that there is a positive relationship between exposure to violent media and real-life aggressive behavior.The claim that exposure to violence actually increases aggression would be best supported by which of the following?

Under what conditions should punishment be most and least effective in reducing aggression? From the perspective______________of social learning theory,explain why punishment might increase rather than decrease aggression.

Marty watches his older brother act non-aggressively after being provoked.According to social learning theory, Marty is subsequently likely to

Which statement regarding the relationship between gender and aggression is false?

Nesbit & Cohen (1996)found that among______________in the American South,there was a greater acceptance of the notion that a man has a right to kill in defense of his family and his house.

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Doing Social Psychology Research

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Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

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Exam 11: Aggression

One of the most successful treatments for violent juvenile delinquents is called

Aggression replacement training has all of the following components except

Research on violent media suggests that depictions of indirect,relational forms of aggression on TV targeted toward adolescents are

A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined,observed,or actual act of aggression is called

Research on testosterone and aggression indicates that

The finding that male-to-male violence occurs primarily in response to status challenges,but male-to-female violence occurs primarily in response to sexual jealousy,______________supports the______________perspective of aggression.

Aggressive behavior whereby harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end is known as______________aggression.

The only way that Britney can get her husband to stop leaving his dirty socks on the kitchen table is to pinch him every time he does it.Britney's aggressive behavior is perpetuated through the idea of

Chris is a playground bully.He finds that he can win the admiration of his peers by acting aggressively.Chris's aggressive behavior is encouraged by

Discuss the role played by arousal and affect in aggression.

Ira believes that aggression is an acquired tendency picked up by observing others and by experience with rewards and punishments.Ira's beliefs are most consistent with

Jay has just been exposed to highly arousing violent pornography,whereas Dave has just been exposed to equally arousing but nonviolent pornography.The research on pornography and aggression suggests that,compared to Dave, Jay should subsequently be

The defining characteristic of aggression is that the aggressor

According to I3 theory,what "I" decreases the chance of aggression?

Many researchers maintain that there is a positive relationship between exposure to violent media and real-life aggressive behavior.The claim that exposure to violence actually increases aggression would be best supported by which of the following?

Under what conditions should punishment be most and least effective in reducing aggression? From the perspective______________of social learning theory,explain why punishment might increase rather than decrease aggression.

Marty watches his older brother act non-aggressively after being provoked.According to social learning theory, Marty is subsequently likely to

Which statement regarding the relationship between gender and aggression is false?

Nesbit & Cohen (1996)found that among______________in the American South,there was a greater acceptance of the notion that a man has a right to kill in defense of his family and his house.

What Is Social Psychology

Doing Social Psychology Research

The Social Self

Perceiving Persons

Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination

Attitudes

Conformity

Group Processes

Attraction and Close Relationships

Helping Others

Law

Business

Health

Filters

The finding that male-to-male violence occurs primarily in response to status challenges,but male-to-female violence occurs primarily in response to sexual jealousy,supports theperspective of aggression.

According to I³theory,what "I" decreases the chance of aggression?