Week 11-Lecture 19 (Aggression in different domains of everyday life)

Question 1

aggression that is repetitive, persistent, and involves an imbalance of power and strength

Answer 1

bullying

Question 2

what percent of adolescents have been victims to face to face bullying

Answer 2

36%

Question 3

what percent of adolescents have been victims to cyberbullying

Answer 3

15%

Question 4

what percent of adolescents have been face to face perpetrators of bullying

Answer 4

35%

Question 5

what percent of adolescents have been cyberbullying perpetrators of bullying

Answer 5

16%

Question 6

• Victims: lack of social competence
• Perpetrators: poor academic performance; negative attitudes about others
• Both: low problem solving skills, internalizing symptoms, negative family environment, low peer status, moral disengagement

Answer 6

Risk factors for school bullying

Question 7

• Victims: lower social support, optimism; higher unfair treatment, stress, health problems; higher suicide ideation, attempts, completions
• Perpetrators: negative health behaviors, more aggression
• Both: more stressful life events; higher depression, anxiety, loneliness, drug and alcohol use, suicide risk; lower self esteem, life satisfaction, academic achievement

Answer 7

Consequences of school bullying

Question 8

characterized by an imbalanced of power —- higher status people bully lower status people

Answer 8

workplace bullying

Question 9

withholding important information, unreasonable deadlines, excessive workload, humiliation in front of colleagues, persistent criticism, shouting, threatening physical harm

Answer 9

Examples of Workplace bullying

Question 10

repeated sexual behavior that is unwelcome to the recipient as well as other sex related behaviors that are hostile, offensive, or degrading

Answer 10

sexual harassment

Question 11

what percent of workers have been face to face bullied at the workplace

Answer 11

15%

Question 12

what percent of workers have been cyberbullied at the workplace

Answer 12

10%

Question 13

what percent of women have been sexual harassed at the workplace

Answer 13

50-69%

Question 14

gender (men are mostly bullied by other men; women are bullied by men and women); positively related to negative affectivity and neuroticism; negatively related to agreeableness and extraversion

Answer 14

Personal characteristics
Risk factors for workplace bullying

Question 15

work constraints, job insecurity, role conflict/ambiguity, poor leadership and communication, power differentials, authoritarian management methods

Answer 15

Workplace characteristics
risk factors for workplace bullying

Question 16

lack of punishment for sexual harassment, masculine work environment, men downplaying inappropriate and offensive behaviors, men in senior positions, shared gender stereotypes

Answer 16

Risk factors for workplace sexual harassment

Question 17

significant impairment of the victims work related functioning, job satisfaction, mental health, and physical health; high absenteeism; high turnover suicide ideation; post traumatic stress disorder

Answer 17

Consequences of workplace sexual harassment

Question 18

is the most dangerous behavior most people engage in every day

Answer 18

driving a car

Question 19

leading cause of death among 15-29 year olds

Answer 19

car crashes

Question 20

about ___ Americans die each year in motor vehicle crashes

Answer 20

40,000

Question 21

the leading cause of car crashes

Answer 21

aggressive driving

Question 22

aggressive driving makes up what percent of car crashes

Answer 22

over 50%

Question 23

the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner which endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property

Answer 23

aggressive driving

Question 24

any behavior intended to physically, emotionally, or psychologically harm another within the driving environment

Answer 24

aggressive driving

Question 25

• speeding
• weaving in and out of traffic
• changing lanes without signaling
• tailgating
• blocking another driver
• chasing another driver
• cutting in front of another driver and then slowing down
• illegal passing

Answer 25

aggressive driving examples

Question 26

• brake checking
• running a red light or stop sign
• horn honking
• flashing bright headlights
• cursing or shouting angrily at another vehicle
• getting out of vehicle to confront another driver
• shaking fist at another driver or making obscene gesture

Answer 26

aggressive driving examples

Question 27

an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or passengers of one motor vehicle on the operator or passengers of another motor vehicle or vehicles precipitated by an incident which occurred on a roadway

Answer 27

road rage

Question 28

aggressive driving intended to cause serious physical harm, such as injury or death

Answer 28

road rage

Question 29

any aggressive behavior intended to cause serious physical harm, such as injury or death

Answer 29

violence

Question 30

• bumping or ramming other vehicles
• facing other drivers off the road
• shooting a gun from a vehicle at other drivers or pedestrians

Answer 30

road rage examples

Question 31

• anger
• sensation seeking
• narcissism
• young male drivers
• risk glorifying media
• weapon in the vehicle
• traffic congestion
• anonymity (alone, tinted windows, closed top convertibles)

Answer 31

risk factors for aggressive driving

Question 32

• gender
• masculine identity
• habitual alcohol use
• anger rumination
• trait aggressiveness

Answer 32

personal characteristics of aggression by competitors

Question 33

• black uniforms
• hot temperatures

Answer 33

contextual variables of aggression by competitors

Question 34

• gender
• fan identification

Answer 34

personal characteristics of aggression by spectators

Question 35

• alcohol consumption
• exposure to aggressive sports

Answer 35

contextual variables to aggression by spectators