51. Agression

Question 1

any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

Answer 1

aggression

Question 2

what are 3 biological causes of aggression?

Answer 2

1. genetic
2. neural
3. biochemical

Question 3

known due to breeding aggressive animals and breeds for sports and research

Answer 3

genetic

Question 4

1. _________ twins but not 2. ________ twins are more often aggressive in tandem (genetic)

Answer 4

1. identical

2. fraternal

Question 5

amygdala can be stimulated to entice aggression (woman became violent), as well as aggressive people have reduced frontal lobe activity (impulse control)

Answer 5

nerual

Question 6

high levels of testosterone correlated w/ increased aggression

Answer 6

biochemical

Question 7

biochemical: 1. ______ bulls to 2. _______ beasts when 3. _________

Answer 7

1. raging
2. gentle
3. castrated

Question 8

biochemical: same w/ mice who were aggressive, 1. _________, then given 2. __________ (aggressive again)

Answer 8

1. castrated

2. testosterone

Question 9

violent criminals tend to be more 1. _______, higher 2. ________, lower 3. ___, and lower levels of 4. _________

Answer 9

1. muscular
2. testosterone
3. IQs
4. serotonin

Question 10

1. _______ testosterone 2. _______ w/ 3. ________, 4. _________, 5. ____________, low 6. __________ for frustration

Answer 10

1. higher
2. correlates
3. irritability
4. assertiveness
5. impulsiveness
6. intolerance

Question 11

frustration creates anger; which can lead to aggression

Answer 11

socio-cultural

Question 12

the blocking of an attempt to achieve a goal

Answer 12

frustration

Question 13

frustration leads to greater aggression

Answer 13

frustration-aggression theory

Question 14

examples of frustration-aggression theory with baseball pitchers (3)

Answer 14

they hit batters if:

1. pervious team gets a home run
2. current batter hit a home run in a previous game
3. teammate hit a pitch earlier

Question 15

1. __________ and 2. ________ in both parenting and growing up can influence aggressive 3. _________

Answer 15

1. reinforcement
2. modeling
3. tendencies

Question 16

if someone 1. ________ in getting what they want by using 2. _________, 3. ________ is likely to be used again

Answer 16

1. succeeds
2. aggressiveness
3. aggression

Question 17

what are examples of parenting and aggression (2)

Answer 17

1. bullying (subject to aggression)

2. parents model violence and anger

Question 18

therapy that replaces aggression w/ coping mechanism + proper communication

Answer 18

aggression-replacement theory

Question 19

noticeable 1. ____ in 2. ________ rates after 3. ______ training w/ parents and teens after aggression-replacement theory

Answer 19

1. drop
2. re-arrest
3. modeling

Question 20

aggression can be influenced by 1. ______, 2. ______, and 3. ______ _______

Answer 20

1. media
2. movies
3. video games

Question 21

culturally modeled guide for how to act in various situations

Answer 21

social scripts

Question 22

social scripts: in 1. ______ and 2. _______ _____ when arguing, many are shown 3. _______ and 4. _______ escalation and normal responses

Answer 22

1. movies
2. Youtube videos
3. verbal
4. physical

Question 23

social scripts: when 1. _________, most are taught 2. ___________ is the proper response

Answer 23

1. disrespected

2. confrontation

Question 24

social scripts: 1. _________ p o r n users are 2. __________ to sexual violence and 3. _____ thinking 4. ____ or sexual 5. ____________ is acceptable

Answer 24

1. habitual
2. desensitized
3. misled
4. r a p e
5. aggression

Question 25

1. _______ video games 2. ______ to be more aggressive

Answer 25

1. violent

2. prime

Question 26

those who play violent video games tend to become ________ aggressive

Answer 26

physically