Question 1

Explain Berkowitz's revised frustration-aggression theory.

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Question 2

Sigmund Freud argued that aggression ultimately springs from

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A)   an innate sexual drive.
B)   a primitive death urge.
C)   observation of aggressive adult models.
D)   blocking of goal-directed behavior.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

According to Myers,in 2003 American and British leaders justified attacking Iraq not as a hostile effort to kill Iraqis,but as an instrumental act of liberation and of self-defense against presumed weapons of mass destruction.Social psychologists would consider this an example of _______ aggression.

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A)   manipulative
B)   duplicitous
C)   hostile
D)   instrumentalE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

found that intoxicated people administered stronger shocks and felt angrier when thinking about

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A)   their physical shortcomings.
B)   their grades in college.
C)   relationship conflicts.
D)   their families.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is an example of aggression as it is defined in the text?

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A)   Sam accidentally slams the car door too quickly, and it hits Tim's knee.
B)   Luisa urges her classmates not to vote for Marcy for dormitory senator, citing some rumors about Marcy's social life.
C)   Carla, a dentist, delivers a shot of Novocain before pulling her patient's tooth.
D)   Joe's eagerness and enthusiasm resulted in his being promoted to sales manager in a very short time.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following has NOT been linked with aggressive behavior according to your text?

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A)   dashed expectations
B)   a personal insult
C)   physical pain
D)   an unexpected requestE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

According to Albert Bandura,an important influence on one's tendency to be aggressive is

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A)   hormonal factors.
B)   how much anger or frustration has built up inside.
C)   one's hereditary predisposition to be aggressive.
D)   observations of others' behavior.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration is referred to as

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A)   displacement.
B)   substitution.
C)   instrumental aggression.
D)   projection.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

It was raining out and Jessie's car had a flat tire.After she managed to fix it,she arrived home late only to find someone had parked in her assigned parking spot.When she entered her apartment,she kicked her pet cat who was waiting at the door.Jessie's behavior is perhaps most easily explained in terms of

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A)   the frustration-aggression theory.
B)   the adaptation-level phenomenon.
C)   Murphy's law.
D)   the social learning theory.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Within U.S.subcultures,

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A)   cities and areas populated by southerners have much higher White homicide rates than those populated by northerners.
B)   cities and areas populated by Midwesterners have much higher White homicide rates than those populated by southerners.
C)   White southern men are less likely to own a gun.
D)   White southern men are half as likely as rural Midwesterner White men to support wars.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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