Week 3 (Individual differences in aggression) lecture 6

Question 1

males respond to stress by what ?

Answer 1

either fighting or running away (fight or flight)

Question 2

female response to stress by doing what ?

Answer 2

nurturing others and making friends (tend and befriend)

Question 3

who shows higher levels of physical aggression by preschool, boys or girls ?

Answer 3

boys

Question 4

as children boys show higher forms of what aggression ?

Answer 4

physical aggression

Question 5

as children girls show higher forms of what aggression ?

Answer 5

indirect aggression

Question 6

is verbal aggression higher in boys or girls ?

Answer 6

boys

Question 7

what percent of males commit violent crimes ?

Answer 7

82 %

Question 8

what percent of males commit property crimes ?

Answer 8

68 %

Question 9

do gender differences in physical aggression grow or shrink when people are provoked ?

Answer 9

shrink

Question 10

do females display more physical aggression when provoked by men or other females ?

Answer 10

other females

Question 11

in heterosexual domestic partners whose more physically aggressive ?

Answer 11

female

Question 12

with women in heterosexual relationships being more physically aggressive, who cause more serious injuries and deaths ?

Answer 12

men

Question 13

what in males is adaptive in securing access to young and healthy females who can bear healthy children and raise them ?

Answer 13

aggression

Question 14

what does male aggression show ?

Answer 14

power and status

Question 15

the perpetrators and victims of violence crimes are mostly who ?

Answer 15

males

Question 16

males fight with each other for status and for access to ?

Answer 16

females

Question 17

what is the leading cause of injury and death in male humans and other mammals ?

Answer 17

male-male fighting

Question 18

males die on average how many years earlier than females ?

Answer 18

7 years

Question 19

in love triangle homicides what percent are male-male ?

Answer 19

92 %

Question 20

1 our of every ____ males on earth today are descendants of Genghis Khan ?

Answer 20

200

Question 21

are the difference between haves and have nots greater in males or females ?

Answer 21

males

Question 22

homicide data show that the men who are most likely to kill are “haves” or “have-nots” ?

Answer 22

have nots, poorer, single men

Question 23

aggressive behavior is acquired as part of which gender role through the process of socialization ?

Answer 23

masculine gender role