Psychology - Aggression

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Who developed the social learning theory?
Bandura
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Who developed the deindividuation theory?
Zimbardo
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Who developed the frustration-aggression hypothesis?
Dollard et al
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In which study was it found that warriors who wear face paint are significantly more likely to kill/maim/torture?
Watson
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Zimbardo's Hoods study is a variation of what?
Milgram's shock experiment
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Has the deindividuation theory contributed to society?
yes
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Which study suggests that deindividuation does not always lead to aggression
Gergen
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Which study suggests that wearing a uniform does not always lead to aggression?
Johnson & Downing
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According to the frustration-aggression hypothesis, frustration is more likely when we are ______ to our goal, and the block is _______
nearer, unexpected
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If you punch someone that punches you, that is...
overt aggressive catharsis
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In which study are children made to wait outside watching others play with toys, which leads to aggressive behaviour?
Barker, Dembo, Lewin
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The frustration-aggression hypothesis is influenced by psychodynamic ideas (thanatos). This is a...
weakness
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'over exposure to aggressive media, which leads to a reduction in psychological arousal'
desensitisation
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'over exposure to aggression in the media can lead viewers to think such behaviour is socially acceptable'
disinhibition
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'storing memories of aggression from media as scripts, for later use'
cognitive priming
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In which study were fMRI scans used to measure brain activity in children watching violent TV programmes, finding that areas associated with memory became active
Murray et al
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According to Freud, watching violence on TV is...
beneficial
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What is the actual name of the warrior gene?
MAOA-L
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The warrior gene produces ______ of the monoamine oxidase enzyme than normal
less
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What does the hot sauce study show
strong support for the warrior gene explanation
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What caused Charles Whitman to kill?
a tumour on his thalamus/hypothalamus/amygdala
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Which neurotransmitter is linked to aggression?
(low) serotonin
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what is the amino acid that causes the production of serotonin called?
Tryptophan
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Which model states that aggression causes increased testosterone?
reciprocal
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Which model states that increased testosterone causes aggression?
basal
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Who found a generally positive correlation between androgen levels and aggressive behaviour in male/female prisoners?
Nelson
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Who found that castrating a male mouse leads to reduced aggression levels, and injecting them with testosterone leads to increased aggression?
Wagner et al
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Who found that athletes that competed in aggressive sports had higher testosterone than those competing in non-competitive sports?
Pillay
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Who is more affected by sexual jealousy?
men
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Who is more affected by emotional jealousy?
women
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Who argued the importance of mate-retention tactics?
Daly & Wilson
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What is it called when a female deceives her partner into thinking offspring are his?
cuckoldry
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What did Shackelford find in relation to mate retention tactics?
use of mate retention tactics positively correlates with violence
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'Female victims often cite extreme sexual jealousy on the part of male partners as the major cause of violence against them'
Dobash & Dobash
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'72% of those who reported direct guarding needed medical attention following an assault by their partner'
Wilson et al
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'Men who sexually coerced their partners were more likely to report that they thought their partners were being unfaithful'
Goetz & Shackelford
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What is the main category of murder?
Men/Men
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Men and women kill for ______ reasons
different
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In the Daly & Wilson love triangle study, how many same sex killings were male/male?
92%
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What percentage of murders in Detroit, US, are committed by unemployed men? What is the average rate of unemployment for Detroit men?
41% and 11%
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What is the study of animals in their natural environment within the context of evolutionary theory called?
ethology
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According to Lorenz, aggression is an instinct which has evolved to serve several important functions such as...
survival of the fittest, distribution of a species, social hierachy
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What is the purpose of ritualised aggression?
to assert power and maintain status
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what does an appeasement gesture signal?
submission
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According to Lorenz, does aggression occur in response to environmental triggers?
yes
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what is action-specific energy?
energy for instinctive acts, such as aggression
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the greater the build of up action specific energy, the ______ the stimulation needed from the environment to trigger it
lesser
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An innate releasing mechanism...
responds to a stimulus in the environment, to produce a innate behaviour
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Does a fixed action pattern always run to completion?
yes
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a baby seagull pecking at the red spot on their mother's beak is...
an innate releasing mechanism
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an infant gripping something they come into contact with is...
a fixed action pattern
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According to Niko Tinbergen, do humans exhibit ritualised aggression?
no
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Fixed action patterns are most prevalent in animals with...
cognitive abilities inferior to humans
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