social wk 11

Question 1

Approximately,__% of violent offenders had been drinking alcohol before committing their crimes (Murdoch, Phil, & Ross, 1990)

Answer 1

80

Question 2

The alcohol-aggression link is highest…for people who

Answer 2

show high levels of dispositional aggressivity, irritability, hostile rumination style…

And/or low levels of…anger control, self-control, empathy, and executive cognitive functioning (Krahe, 2003).

Question 3

Alcohol leads to alcohol myopia =

4 behaviours this leads to

Answer 3

a narrowing of cognitive or intellectual factors

-Decrease self-regulation
-Reduced anticipatory regret
-Increases reactivity
-Sensitive to immediate environmental cues

This prevents a comprehensive appraisal of situational cues.
Intoxicated ppl are more likely to misinterpret what someone is saying or to respond aggressively to provocation

Question 4

Effects of misogynistic music on behaviour and effect
(Fischer & Greitemeyer, 2006)

findings of chili sauce Eminem study

Answer 4

Men more likely to act aggressively IF (1) the confederate was female and (2) they were exposed to misogynistic song.
Males who heard the misogynistic song added 10.43 grams more hot chilli sauce to female participants’ drinks than to males.
Showed more aggressive cognitions on a word completion task.
More likely to complete word fragments like “–un” as “gun” than “fun”, “pun”, “run” or “bun”

Question 5

Heat hypothesis:

Two paradigms to test this hypothesis under naturalistic conditions

Answer 5

Aggression and heat positively correlated (Anderson, 2001)

Geographic regions approach
Time periods approach