Exam 8: Aggression and Moral Behaviour in Sport

A rugby player tackles an opponent so hard that the competitor suffers a separated shoulder after the hit.The rugby player attributes his opponents' injury to the equipment and not the hit.Which mechanism of moral disengagement is this athlete using?

A hockey player goes into the corner after a puck and bodychecks his opponent in a forceful,vigorous,and legitimate manner and does not intend to injure the opponent.Which type of behaviour is the hockey player exhibiting?

The statement "A wrestler is aggressive because he was "born that way"" best reflects which theory of aggression?

You have been approached by the National Hockey League (NHL)to help them reduce aggressiveness in their sport.Explain to the NHL,the strategies that you will adopt.

A youth hockey player avoids tripping a player on a breakaway who is about to score in fear of getting a penalty as a punishment.This player is reasoning at this stage?

According to Stephens and Kavanagh (2003),which of the following is the best predictor that a youth ice hockey player is likely to use aggression?

A hockey team that is losing by a large margin late in the game and is playing very aggressively and being called for a large number of penalties would be explained by which factor that influences aggression?

Which of the following is a personal factor that influences aggression?

Which of the following is NOT a personal factor that influences aggression?

List and briefly explain four group factors that influence aggression using sporting examples.

A football player who acquires aggressive behaviours from observing aggressive models and retains these tendencies over time is most consistent with which theory of aggression?

The number of times competitors meet may have an impact on the amount of aggressive behaviour demonstrated in these matches.

A ten- year- old swimmer decides to follow the rules the coach has established because she is afraid of the consequences she might face if she were to break a rule.Which stage from Kohlberg's moral judgment model is she demonstrating?

The false- consensus effect suggests that individuals who tend to instigate aggression among fans have a false belief about the willingness of other fans to join in these acts of aggression.

Teaching a football player to develop coping strategies to change aggressive tendencies is using which method to curb aggression?

An athlete that behaves aggressively in order to convey or maintain an image of toughness to opponents and observers,particularly within contact sports,is linked to which factor that causes aggression?

Which of the following is NOT an effective way to reduce aggression in sport?

The difference between mastery and performance motivational climate is that the latter is demonstrated when the coach emphasizes co- operation and learning from past mistakes.

A person with the following orientation is more likely to be concerned with out- doing others and is therefore more likely to break rules in order to do so?

An example of an aggressive behaviour is when a baseball pitcher purposefully throws a baseball intending to hit the batter,but the batter moves out of the way.