Intention to cause harm to someone or the damaging of property
Action reinforced by anger
Question 2
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What are the two types of aggression?
Answer
Verbal aggression and physical aggression
Angered aggression and achievement aggression
Hostile and instrumental aggression
Question 3
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Tick the case studies you will be assessed on your knowledge of in Psychology Topic C
Answer
Ramirez et al.
Bandura et al.
King (1961)
Charles Whitman
Charlton et al.
Williams et al.
Anderson and Dill
Question 4
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There are biological and social reasons as to why we are aggressive. True or false?
Answer
True
False
Question 5
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What are the words that is associated with what you're born with, and how you're brought up?
Answer
Nature and Nurture
Ascribed and achieved status
Genetics and Adaptation
Question 6
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A doctor does an eye transplant to a patient that is in anaesthesia. What form of aggression is this?
Answer
Instrumental aggression
No aggression
Hostile aggression
Question 7
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A boxing tournament final takes place between two boxers, whose goal is to knock one out in order to claim a trophy. After the tournament ends, the loser punches the winner in jealousy. Which forms of aggression take place and in what particular order? (from left to right)
Answer
Hostile aggression, achievement aggression
Hostile aggression, instrumental aggression
Achievement aggression, hostile aggression
Instrumental aggression, hostile aggression
Question 8
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Reliability is the amount of times an experiment/study can be repeated and get the same results. True or false?
Answer
True
False
Question 9
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[blank_start]Biological[blank_end] causes for aggression involve the brain (the [blank_start]limbic system[blank_end] and the [blank_start]amygdala[blank_end]) and the hormone [blank_start]testosterone[blank_end], which is a part of [blank_start]nature[blank_end]; how you're [blank_start]born[blank_end]. Studies related to this can be very valid and reliable, as studies can involve the [blank_start]usage of saliva or blood samples[blank_end] as a way of measuring testosterone and aggression levels.
Case studies that show that the brain and the hormone [blank_start]testosterone[blank_end] are responsible for aggression is animal studies, King and Charles Whitman. Animal studies prove that aggression can come from animals similar to humans. King and Charles Whitman case studies show that electrical and natural stimulation of the [blank_start]amygdala[blank_end] is responsible for emotion recognition.
Answer
Biological
Social
hypothalamus
limbic system
visual cortex
amygdala
spinal cord
morphine
endorphin
testosterone
nature
nurture
life
brought up
born
usage of saliva or blood samples
using questionnaires
usage of brain fluids
, genes that are enhanced
, chemicals that send signals to body
brain
body
Question 10
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Tick the similarities between Charlton et al. and Williams et al.
Answer
They are both natural experiments
Both of these studies are in North America
They both involved children's levels of aggression from TV
They are both studied in the mainland
Both results are the same
They both studied about their community
Question 11
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Tick what Anderson and Dill (2000) have studied and found.
Answer
Their aim was to see if violent video games increased levels of aggression, where as non-violent video games don't.
They used questionnaires to measure the aggression levels of participants after playing the video games. They used 2 categories to distinguish levels of aggression: Aggression and Non-Aggression. The results of participants are then determined as = Aggression score - Non-aggression score. All of the aggression scores of all participants are then measured on average.
A competitive reaction time test was used after participants played a non-violent or violent video game to measure levels of aggression, where participants punish an opponent through a noise. They can adjust the volume and length of the noise, which is what researchers use as a basis to measure levels of aggression.
The independent variable was the video game played (Violent video game: Wolfenstein 3D and non-violent video game: Myst,) and the dependent variable was the aggression levels measured from competitive reaction time tests.
The independent variable was the video game played (Violent video game: Wolfenstein 3D and non-violent video game: Myst,) and the dependent variable was the aggression levels measured from questionnaires.
Anderson and Dill concluded that violent video games encouraged aggressive behaviour and competitiveness thus potentially creating permenantly aggressive thought patterns due to the easy accessibility of violent video games. This is because levels of aggression in competitive reaction time tests where participants played a violent video game are higher than the ones who have played a non-violent video game.
Anderson and Dill concluded that aggression levels between both groups who played a violent video game or a non-violent video game are roughly the same on average.
Their aim was to see if video games encouraged levels of aggression to increase regardless of the type of video game.
Question 12
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Tick the ethical guidelines that need to be followed by psychologists according to the British Psychological Society (BPS.)