Week 3 (Individual differences in aggression) lecture 5

Question 1

does aggressive behavior appear very early in children lives ?

Answer 1

yes

Question 2

angry facial expressions are apparent in most infants when ?

Answer 2

4 to 7 months

Question 3

protest and aggressive retaliation in response to provocations is frequent in who ?

Answer 3

infants

Question 4

physical aggression to obtain instrumental goals is frequent in children how old ?

Answer 4

1 - 3 years old

Question 5

are most people more physically aggressive when they are 1 - 3 years old or later in their lives ?

Answer 5

1 - 3 years old

Question 6

Richard trembles research team found that what percent of interactions of toddlers involve some kind of physical aggression ?

Answer 6

25 %

Question 7

does any group resort to aggression 25 % of the time besides toddlers ?

Answer 7

no

Question 8

do children learn or inherit anger ?

Answer 8

inherit

Question 9

who’s more physically aggressive in early school years, boys or girls ?

Answer 9

boys

Question 10

does aggression increase or decrease from early to middle childhood ?

Answer 10

decrease

Question 11

what’s the one exception to aggression decreasing from early to middle childhood ?

Answer 11

sibling aggression which remains high

Question 12

in adolescence and young adulthood, aggression becomes more ?

Answer 12

harmful

Question 13

do most people get more or less aggressive over time ?

Answer 13

less

Question 14

what are the most dangerous years for aggression of people ?

Answer 14

17 to 34
(highest age group with murder offenders in the US)

Question 15

is aggression stable over time ?

Answer 15

yes especially with extremes

Question 16

what r the two types of aggressive people ?

Answer 16

1. life course persistent
2. adolescent limited

Question 17

those for whom aggression is stable and persistent
(0.5% for females and 1.9% for males)
which type of aggressive people is
this ?

Answer 17

life course persistent

Question 18

those for whom aggression is temporary and situational
(4.6% for females and 5.1% for males)
which type of aggressive people is this ?

Answer 18

adolescent limited

Question 19

which type of aggressive people have more aggressive behavior ?

Answer 19

life course persistent

Question 20

over 1 year (r = .76)
over 5 years (r = .69)
over 10 years (r = .60)
over 40 years (r = .41)
what are these ?

Answer 20

how stable aggression is over time