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module 78: aggression

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Brandt's football team just barely lost the state championship game after a questionable referee call. As a result, Brandt gets angry and starts shouting insults. Which of the following terms best identifies this chain of events?

a. Aggression
b. Biochemical influences
c. Frustration-aggression principle
d. Social scripts
e. Biopsychosocial model
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Brandt's football team just barely lost the state championship game after a questionable referee call. As a result, Brandt gets angry and starts shouting insults. Which of the following terms best identifies this chain of events?

a. Aggression
b. Biochemical influences
c. Frustration-aggression principle
d. Social scripts
e. Biopsychosocial model
c. Frustration-aggression principle
Dwayne is acting violently toward his friends and family. A PET scan of his brain may show

a. increased frontal lobe activity.
b. diminished activity in the amygdala.
c. decreased frontal lobe activity.
d. a decrease in the size of the hippocampus.
e. enlarged ventricles.
c. decreased frontal lobe activity.
Which of the following is an example of a social-cultural influence on aggressive behavior?

a. Reading an anxiety-provoking novel
b. Frustration
c. Testosterone
d. Exposure to violent media
e. Genetics
d. Exposure to violent media