Attraction and Exclusion Chapter 11 MCQ

Question 1

Aggression

Answer 1

any behaviour intended to harm another person who is motivated to avoid the harm

Question 2

Direct aggression

Answer 2

any behaviour that intentionally harms another person who is physically present

Question 3

Indirect aggression

Answer 3

any behaviour that intentionally harms another person who is physically absent

Question 4

Reactive aggression

Answer 4

hot, impulsive, angry behaviour that is motivated by a desire to harm someone

Question 5

Proactive aggression

Answer 5

cold, premeditated, calculated harmful behaviour that is a means to some practical or material end

Question 6

Violence

Answer 6

aggression that has as its goal extreme physical harm, such as injury or death

Question 7

Antisocial behaviour

Answer 7

behaviour that either damages interpersonal relationships or is culturally undesirable

Question 8

Instinct

Answer 8

an innate (inborn, biologically programmed) tendency to seek a particular goal, such as food, water or sex

Question 9

Eros

Answer 9

in Freudian theory, the constructive, life-giving instinct

Question 10

Thanatos

Answer 10

in Freudian theory, the destructive, death instinct

Question 11

Modeling

Answer 11

observing and copying or imitating the behaviour of others

Question 12

Frustration-aggression hypothesis

Answer 12

proposal that the occurrence of aggressive behaviour always presupposes the existence of frustration and the existence of frustration always leads to some form of aggression

Question 13

Frustration-aggression hypothesis

Answer 13

blockage of or interference with a personal goal

Question 14

Hostile atribution bias

Answer 14

the tendency to perceive ambiguous actions by others as aggressive

Question 15

Hostile perception bias

Answer 15

the tendency to perceive social interactions in general as being aggressive

Question 16

Hostile expectation bias

Answer 16

the tendency to assume that people will react to potential conflicts with aggression

Question 17

Fight or flight syndrome

Answer 17

a response to stress that involves aggressing against others or running away

Question 18

Tend and befriend syndrome

Answer 18

a response to stress that involved nurturing others and making friends

Question 19

Domestic violvent (family violence, intimate-partner violence)

Answer 19

violence that occurs within the home or family, between people who have a close relationship with each other

Question 20

Weapons effect

Answer 20

the increase in aggression that occurs as a result of the mere presence of a weapon

Question 21

Testosterone

Answer 21

the male sex hormone, high levels of which have been linked to aggression and violence in both animals and humans

Question 22

Serotonin

Answer 22

the feel good neurotransmitter, low levels of which have been linked to aggression and violence in both animals and humans

Question 23

Running amok

Answer 23

according to Malaysion cultures, refers to behaviour of a young man who becomes uncontrollable violent after receiving a blow to his ego

Question 24

Culture of honor

Answer 24

a society that places high value on individual respect, strength, and virtue, and accepts and justifies violent action in response to threats to ones honor

Question 25

Humiliation

Answer 25

a state of disgrace or loss of self-respect (or of respect from others)

Question 26

Lying

Answer 26

not telling the truth

Question 27

Deindividuation

Answer 27

a sense of anonymity and loss of individuality, as in a large group, making people especially likely to engage in antisocial behaviours such as theft

Question 28

Norms

Answer 28

social standards that prescribe what people ought to do

Question 29

Injunctive norms

Answer 29

norms that specify what most others approve or disapprove of

Question 30

Descriptive norms

Answer 30

norms that specify what most people do