ASHWORTH CO4 LESSON 8 EXAM
Question 1
Which of the following factors mentioned in your chapter has been found to contribute to
an increase in aggressive behaviors?
Question options:
having new responsibilities “dropped” on you at work
sitting in traffic
hot weather
being an only child
Question 2
Evelyn is in a particularly bad mood because the promotion that she’d hoped to receive
at the bank where she works did not come through. When she gets home, and her
children come running up to her with several demands, she yells at them to go in the
other room and leave her alone. Evelyn’s outburst is explained by the __________
hypothesis.
Question options:
frustration-aggression
mere exposure
conflict projection
reciprocal altruism
Question 3
Social psychologist Leon Festinger coined the term cognitive __________ to refer to a
disconnect between a person’s internal attitudes and his or her external behavior.
Question 1
Which of the following factors mentioned in your chapter has been found to contribute to
an increase in aggressive behaviors?
Question options:
having new responsibilities “dropped” on you at work
sitting in traffic
hot weather
being an only child
Question 2
Evelyn is in a particularly bad mood because the promotion that she’d hoped to receive
at the bank where she works did not come through. When she gets home, and her
children come running up to her with several demands, she yells at them to go in the
other room and leave her alone. Evelyn’s outburst is explained by the __________
hypothesis.
Question options:
frustration-aggression
mere exposure
conflict projection
reciprocal altruism
Question 3
Social psychologist Leon Festinger coined the term cognitive __________ to refer to a
disconnect between a person’s internal attitudes and his or her external behavior.
