Chapter 10 (Aggression)

Question 1

● physical or verbal behavior intended
to cause harm.

Answer 1

Aggression

Question 2

● communicating with others in a
direct and honest manner without
intentionally
hurting anyone’s feelings

Answer 2

Assertiveness

Question 3

Hurting someone else’s body

Answer 3

Physical Aggression

Question 4

• Hurting someone else’s feelings or threatening their relationships.
• Includes cyberbullying and some forms of in-person bullying.

Answer 4

Social Aggression
(Relational Aggression)

Question 5

Aggression that springs from
anger; its goal is to injure.

Answer 5

Hostile Aggression

Question 6

Aggression that springs from
anger; its goal is to injure.

Answer 6

Hostile Aggression

Question 7

Different Forms or aggression

Answer 7

Physical Aggression
Social Aggression (Relational Aggression)
Hostile Aggression
Instrumental Aggression

Question 8

• Aggression that aims to injure, but only as a means to some other end.

Answer 8

Instrumental Aggression

Question 9

THEORIES OF AGGRESSION

Answer 9

1. Aggression as
   a Biological Phenomenon
2. Aggression as a Response to Frustration
3. Aggression as Learned Social Behavior

Question 10

: an innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a species.

Answer 10

Instinctive Behavior

Question 11

Abnormal brains can contribute to
abnormally aggressive behavior.

Answer 11

Neural Influences

Question 12

Hereditary influences the neural system’s
sensitivity to aggressive cues.
● Our temperaments- how intense and
reactive we are- are partly brought
with us into the world, influenced by
our sympathetic nervous system’s
reactivity.

Answer 12

Genetic Influences