Chapter 10 (BAL)

Question 1

Physical or verbal behavior intended to
hurt someone.

Answer 1

Aggression

Question 2

Hurting someone else’s body.

Answer 2

Physical aggression

Question 3

Hurting someone else’s feelings or threatening their relationships.

Answer 3

Social aggression

Question 4

Defined as intentional and repeated aggression; bullying, harassing, or
threatening someone using electronic
communication such as texting, online social
networks, or email.

Answer 4

Cyberbullying

Question 5

Springs from anger; its goal is to injure.

Answer 5

Hostile aggression

Question 6

Aims to injure, but only as a means to some other end.

Answer 6

Instrumental aggression

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Instinctive behavior

Question 8

Brain core area involved with emotion

Answer 8

Amygdala

Question 9

Acts like an emergency brake on deeper brain areas involved in aggressive behavior.

Answer 9

Prefrontal cortex

Question 10

Examples of Biochemical Influences

Answer 10

Alcohol
Testosterone
Poor Diet

Question 11

Theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress.

Answer 11

Frustration-aggression theory

Question 12

Blocking of goal-directed behavior.

Answer 12

Frustration

Question 13

Redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration.

Answer 13

Displacement

Question 14

Berkowitz theorized that frustration
produces aggression only when people
become upset.

Answer 14

Frustration-Aggression Theory Revised

Question 15

Frustration is not only caused by complete
deprivation; more often, frustration arises
from the gap between expectations and
attainments.

Answer 15

Relative Deprivation

Question 16

Perception that one is less well off than others with whom one compares oneself.

Answer 16

Relative deprivation

Question 17

Theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished.

Answer 17

Social learning theory

Question 18

Aversive Incidents

Answer 18

● PAIN
● HEAT
● ATTACKS

Question 19

MEDIA’S EFFECTS ON THINKING (4)

Answer 19

DESENSITIZATION
SOCIAL SCRIPTS
ALTERED PERCEPTIONS
COGNITIVE PRIMING

Question 20

After witnessing thousands of acts of
cruelty, there is good reason to expect a
similar emotional numbing.

Answer 20

DESENSITIZATION

Question 21

When we find ourselves in new situations,
uncertain how to act, we rely on social
scripts—culturally provided mental
instructions for how to act.

Answer 21

SOCIAL SCRIPTS

Question 22

For those who watch much television, the
world becomes a scary place. Media
portrayals shape perceptions of reality.

Answer 22

ALTERED PERCEPTIONS

Question 23

Media portrayals prime thinking.

Answer 23

COGNITIVE PRIMING

Question 24

Give 2 effects of Video Games

Answer 24

● Increases in aggressive behaviors
● Increases in aggressive thoughts.

Question 25

If aggressive behavior is learned, then there
is hope for its control.

Answer 25

Social Learning Approach