Lesson 4.3.8.3
4.3.8.3 Social psychological explanations of aggression Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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According to the original frustration-aggression hypothesis, what directly causes frustration?
- Observing violence
- Deindividuation
- Blocking a goal
- Low serotonin levels
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In Berkowitz's revised frustration-aggression hypothesis, what converts readiness to aggress into actual aggression?
- Environmental cues
- High dopamine levels
- Group pressure
- Vicarious punishment
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According to social learning theory, how is human aggressive behaviour primarily acquired?
- Innate releasing mechanisms
- Observation and imitation
- Hormonal imbalances
- Goal blockage
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What did children demonstrate after observing an aggressive adult model in Bandura's Bobo doll study?
- No behavioural change
- Imitative aggressive behaviour
- Only verbal sympathy
- Reduced aggressive urges
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What term describes a loss of personal identity and self-awareness in a crowd?
- De-individuation
- Frustration-aggression
- Social learning
- Vicarious reinforcement
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Which key factor increases de-individuation by reducing personal accountability in a group?
- Introversion
- Anonymity
- Vicarious punishment
- Displaced anger
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According to the frustration-aggression hypothesis, what primary state directly leads to aggressive behaviour?
- Vicarious learning
- De-individuation
- Anonymity
- Frustration
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Which institutional factor is emphasised in the importation model of prisoner aggression?
- Prison overcrowding
- Staff management styles
- Inmate pre-existing values
- Environmental temperatures
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A fan behaves aggressively while swept along in a crowd. Which explanation best applies?
- Frustration-aggression
- Social learning
- De-individuation
- Genetic factors
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What psychological process occurs when aggression is directed at a substitute, available target?
- Displacement
- Vicarious reinforcement
- De-individuation
- Modelling
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According to social learning theory, what process involves copying an observed model's aggressive behaviour?
- Catharsis
- Displacement
- Imitation
- De-individuation
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Social psychological explanations of aggression are often criticised for ignoring which factor?
- Biological factors
- Situational factors
- Environmental cues
- Social learning
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What state is reduced when an individual experiences de-individuation in a crowd?
- Physical arousal
- Social learning
- Frustration
- Self-awareness
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Learning by observing the consequences of another person's aggressive behaviour is called what?
- De-individuation
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Displacement
- Catharsis
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Bandura's Bobo doll study showed children copying novel aggressive acts. What type of learning is this?
- Operant conditioning
- Classical conditioning
- Observational learning
- Innate behaviour
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Who revised the frustration-aggression hypothesis to include environmental cues like weapons?
- Berkowitz
- Bandura
- Zimbardo
- Dollard
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Which type of self-awareness involves concern about how others evaluate our behaviour?
- Subjective self-awareness
- Emotional self-awareness
- Public self-awareness
- Private self-awareness
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In Bandura's Bobo doll experiment, which model condition produced the lowest imitation of aggression?
- Model rewarded
- Model punished
- Model praised
- No consequences
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Which action would directly reduce de-individuation in a large crowd?
- Increasing anonymity
- Masking faces
- Increasing identifiability
- Wearing uniforms
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Which concept explains learning aggression by observing a model being rewarded for their actions?
- Vicarious punishment
- Operant conditioning
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Direct reinforcement
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