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PSY204 Aggression

Question 1 of 45

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Difficult to operationally define at it is partly shaped by societal and cultural norms.

Select one of the following:

  • Aggression (p. 471-472)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Frustration-aggression hypothesis (p. 477)

  • Learning by vicarious experience (p. 479)

Explanation

Question 2 of 45

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What are some proposed definitions for aggression?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Behaviour resulting in personal injury or destruction of property

  • Behaviour intended to harm another of the same species

  • Intentional infliction of some form of harm on others

  • Desire to give all your love and affection to the dog instead of the friends you are visiting

  • Eating all of the chocolate

Explanation

Question 3 of 45

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Defines a theorietical term in a way that allows it to be manipulated.

Select one of the following:

  • Operational definition (p. 472)

  • Evolutionary social psychology (p. 475-476)

  • Modelling (p. 480)

  • Script (p. 480)

Explanation

Question 4 of 45

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Innate drive or impulse, genetically transmitted.

Select one of the following:

  • Instinct (p. 474)

  • Modelling (p. 480)

  • Relative deprivation (p. 493)

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 5 of 45

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Innate death instinct.

Select one of the following:

  • Thanatos (p. 422)

  • Fighting instinct (p. 475)

  • Frustration-aggression hypothesis (p. 477)

  • Excitation-transfer model (p. 477)

Explanation

Question 6 of 45

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Behaviour is genetically determined and is controlled by natural selection.

Select one of the following:

  • Ethology (p. 474)

  • Evolutionary social psychology (p. 475-476)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

Explanation

Question 7 of 45

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What are two compentents that contribute towards ethology?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Releasers (p. 474)

  • Fighting instinct (p. 475)

  • Script (p. 480)

  • Modelling (p. 480)

Explanation

Question 8 of 45

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Specific stimuli in the environment thought by ethologists to trigger aggressive responses.

Select one of the following:

  • Releasers (p. 474)

  • Instinct (p. 474)

  • Modelling (p. 480)

  • Script (p. 480)

Explanation

Question 9 of 45

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An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a while to survive.

Select one of the following:

  • Fighting instinct (p. 475)

  • Releasers (p. 474)

  • Thanatos (p. 422)

  • Instinct (p. 474)

Explanation

Question 10 of 45

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An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a whole to survive.

Select one of the following:

  • Evolutionary social psychology (p. 475-476)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

  • Attachment styles (p. 483)

Explanation

Question 11 of 45

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In the context of aggression, theories that emphasise an innate component, though not the existence of a full-blown instinct.

Select one of the following:

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • General Aggression Model (p. 492)

Explanation

Question 12 of 45

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Through the biosocial theories view of instinct, what concepts share this view?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Frustration-aggression hypothesis (p. 477)

  • Excitation-transfer model (p. 477)

  • Learning by direct experience (p. 479)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Sexual selection theory (p. 484)

Explanation

Question 13 of 45

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Theory that all frustration leads to aggression, and all aggression comes from frustration. Used to explain prejudice and intergroup aggression.

Select one of the following:

  • Frustration-aggression hypothesis (p. 477)

  • Excitation-transfer model (p. 477)

  • Sociocultural theory (p. 484)

  • Cathartic hypothesis (p. 484)

Explanation

Question 14 of 45

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The expression of aggression is a function of learnt behaviour, some excitation from another source, and the person’s interpretation of the arousal state.

Select one of the following:

  • Excitation-transfer model (p. 477)

  • Frustration-aggression hypothesis (p. 477)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

Explanation

Question 15 of 45

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The view championed by Bandura that human social behaviour is not innate but learnt from appropriate models.

Select one of the following:

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Sexual selection theory (p. 484)

Explanation

Question 16 of 45

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Components of Social learning theory.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Learning by direct experience (p. 479)

  • Learning by vicarious experience (p. 479)

  • Relative deprivation (p. 493)

  • Attachment styles (p. 483)

  • Type A personality (p. 483)

Explanation

Question 17 of 45

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Acquiring a behaviour because we were rewarded for it.

Select one of the following:

  • Learning by direct experience (p. 479)

  • Learning by vicarious experience (p. 479)

  • Script (p. 480)

  • Hormones (p. 483-484)

Explanation

Question 18 of 45

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Acquiring a behaviour after observing that another person was rewarded for it.

Select one of the following:

  • Learning by vicarious experience (p. 479)

  • Learning by direct experience (p. 479)

  • Excitation-transfer model (p. 477)

  • Script (p. 480)

Explanation

Question 19 of 45

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Tendency for a person to reproduce the actions, attitudes and emotional responses exhibited by a real-life or symbolic model. Also called observational learning.

Select one of the following:

  • Modelling (p. 480)

  • Script (p. 480)

  • Gender and socialisation (p. 484)

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 20 of 45

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A schema about an event.

Select one of the following:

  • Script (p. 480)

  • Instinct (p. 474)

  • Ethology (p. 474)

  • Personality

Explanation

Question 21 of 45

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A sense of having less than we feel entitled to.

Select one of the following:

  • Relative deprivation (p. 493)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Type A personality (p. 483)

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 22 of 45

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Sherif’s theory of intergroup conflict that explains intergroup behaviour in terms of the nature of goal relations between groups.

Select one of the following:

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

  • Sociocultural theory (p. 484)

Explanation

Question 23 of 45

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Descriptions of the nature of people’s close relationships, thought to be established in childhood.

Select one of the following:

  • Attachment styles (p. 483)

  • Hormones (p. 483-484)

  • Catharsis (p. 484-486)

  • Collective aggression (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 24 of 45

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The ‘coronary-prone’ personality – a behavioural correlate of heart disease characterised by striving to achieve, time urgency, competitiveness and hostility.

Select one of the following:

  • Type A personality (p. 483)

  • Alcohol (p. 486-488)

  • Deindividuation (p. 488)

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 25 of 45

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Psychological gender differences are determined by individuals’ adaptations to restrictions based on their gender in their society. Also called social role theory.

Select one of the following:

  • Sociocultural theory (p. 484)

  • Sexual selection theory (p. 484)

  • Cathartic hypothesis (p. 484)

  • General Aggression Model (p. 492)

Explanation

Question 26 of 45

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Sex differences in behaviour are determined by evolutionary history rather than society.

Select one of the following:

  • Sexual selection theory (p. 484)

  • Sociocultural theory (p. 484)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Social learning theory (p. 478)

Explanation

Question 27 of 45

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A dramatic release of pent-up feelings: the idea that aggressive motivation is ‘drained’ by acting against a frustrating object (or substitute), or by a vicarious experience.

Select one of the following:

  • Catharsis (p. 484-486)

  • Cathartic hypothesis (p. 484)

  • General Aggression Model (p. 492)

  • Interpersonal aggression

Explanation

Question 28 of 45

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The notion that acting aggressively, or even just viewing aggressive material, reduces feelings of anger and aggression.

Select one of the following:

  • Cathartic hypothesis (p. 484)

  • Catharsis (p. 484-486)

  • Type A personality (p. 483)

  • Collective aggression (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 29 of 45

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A breakdown in the learnt controls (social mores) against behaving impulsively or, in this context, aggressively. For some people, alcohol has a disinhibiting effect.

Select one of the following:

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

  • Deindividuation (p. 488)

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

  • Desensitisation (p. 497)

Explanation

Question 30 of 45

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Process whereby people lose their sense of socialised individual identity and engage in unsocialised, often antisocial, behaviours.

Select one of the following:

  • Deindividuation (p. 488)

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

  • Desensitisation (p. 497)

Explanation

Question 31 of 45

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Stripping people of their dignity and humanity.

Select one of the following:

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

  • Deindividuation (p. 488)

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

  • Desensitisation (p. 497)

Explanation

Question 32 of 45

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Unified aggression by a group of individuals, who may not even know one another, against another individual or group.

Select one of the following:

  • Collective aggression (p. 488)

  • Cultural variation

  • Interpersonal aggression

  • Institutionalised aggression (p. 507)

Explanation

Question 33 of 45

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Sex-stereotypical attributes of a person.

Select one of the following:

  • Gender (p. 494)

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

  • Hormones (p. 483-484)

  • Personality

Explanation

Question 34 of 45

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What contributes towards cultural variation of aggression?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

  • Culture of honour (p. 495-496)

  • Subculture of violence (p. 496)

  • Machismo (p. 496)

  • Domestic violence (p. 503)

  • Crowding (p. 490-491)

Explanation

Question 35 of 45

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Norms whose origin is part of the tradition of a culture.

Select one of the following:

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

  • Culture of honour (p. 495-496)

  • Subculture of violence (p. 496)

  • Machismo (p. 496)

Explanation

Question 36 of 45

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A culture that endorses male violence as a way of addressing threats to social reputation or economic position.

Select one of the following:

  • Culture of honour (p. 495-496)

  • Subculture of violence (p. 496)

  • Machismo (p. 496)

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

Explanation

Question 37 of 45

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A subgroup of society in which a higher level of violence is accepted as the norm.

Select one of the following:

  • Subculture of violence (p. 496)

  • Machismo (p. 496)

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

  • Culture of honour (p. 495-496)

Explanation

Question 38 of 45

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A code in which challenges, abuse and even differences of opinion must be met with fists or other weapons.

Select one of the following:

  • Machismo (p. 496)

  • Subculture of violence (p. 496)

  • Culture of honour (p. 495-496)

  • Cultural norms (p. 494)

Explanation

Question 39 of 45

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A serious reduction in a person’s responsiveness to material that usually evokes a strong emotional reaction, such as violence or sexuality.

Select one of the following:

  • Desensitisation (p. 497)

  • Disinhibition (p. 488)

  • Deindividuation (p. 488)

  • Dehumanisation (p. 488)

Explanation

Question 40 of 45

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Anderson’s model that includes both personal and situational factors, and cognitive and affective processes in accounting for different kinds of aggression.

Select one of the following:

  • General Aggression Model (p. 492)

  • Institutionalised aggression (p. 507)

  • Realistic conflict theory (p. 422)

  • Biosocial Theoretical Positions (p. 476)

Explanation

Question 41 of 45

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Aggression that is given formal or informal recognition and social legitimacy by being incorporated into rules and norms.

Select one of the following:

  • Institutionalised aggression (p. 507)

  • Interpersonal aggression

  • Intergroup conflict

  • Mass media (p. 497)

Explanation

Question 42 of 45

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What profressions are considered to use instutionalised aggression?

Select one or more of the following:

  • National defence

  • Police

  • Psychologists

  • Sport

  • Massage therapist

  • Dentist

Explanation

Question 43 of 45

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How do we reduce aggression in families?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Not rewarding acts of violence

  • Rewarding non-aggressive behaviour

  • Avoiding punishing behaviour

  • Transference

  • Catharsis

Explanation

Question 44 of 45

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How do we reduce aggression at an interpersonal level?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Behaviour modification techniques

  • Assertiveness training

  • Social skills training

  • Non-aggressive modelling

  • Bobo the clown

  • Acting in a passive aggressive manner towards others

Explanation

Question 45 of 45

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How do we reduce aggression at a societal level?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Political decisions / laws

  • Peace studies

  • Community will

  • Education

  • Road rage

  • Barking loudly at every stranger we see

Explanation

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