Chapter 11

Question 1

Behavior intended to harm another individual.

Answer 1

aggression

Question 2

A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined, observed, or actual act of aggression.

Answer 2

catharsis

Question 3

The process by which the mass media (particularly television) construct a version of social reality for the public.

Answer 3

cultivation

Question 4

The transmission of domestic violence across generations.

Answer 4

cycle of violence

Question 5

Reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus.

Answer 5

desensitization

Question 6

Aggressing against a substitute target because aggressive acts against the source of the frustration are inhibited by fear or lack of access.

Answer 6

displacement

Question 7

Inflicting harm for its own sake.

Answer 7

emotional aggression

Question 8

The idea that (1) frustration always elicits the motive to aggress; and (2) all aggression is caused by frustration.

Answer 8

frustration-aggression hypothesis

Question 9

The tendency to perceive hostile intent in others.

Answer 9

hostile attribution bias

Question 10

Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value.

Answer 10

instrumental aggression

Question 11

Explicit sexual material.

Answer 11

pornography

Question 12

The theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments.

Answer 12

social learning theory

Question 13

The tendency that the likelihood of aggression will increase by the mere presence of weapons.

Answer 13

weapons effect