Aggression

Question 1

Aggression

Answer 1

physical or verbal behavior intended to hurm someone

Question 2

Hostile aggression

Answer 2

aggression driven by anger and performed as an end itself

Question 3

Instrumental aggression

Answer 3

aggression that is a means to some other end

Question 4

Instinctive behavior

Answer 4

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

Question 5

The frustration-aggression theory

Answer 5

the theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress

Question 6

Frustration

Answer 6

the blocking of goal-directed behavior

Question 7

Displacement

Answer 7

the redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration (safer, socially acceptable target)

Question 8

Relative deprivation

Answer 8

the perception that one is less well-off than others with whom one compares oneself

Question 9

Social learning theory

Answer 9

the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and initiating and by being rewarded or punished

Question 10

Catharsis

Answer 10

emotional release. The catharsis view of aggression is that aggressive drive is reduced when one “releases” aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing aggression

Question 11

Prosocial behavior

Answer 11

positive, constructive, helpful social behavior

Question 12

Social scripts

Answer 12

culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various situations.