MCQ Bank
According to Berkowitz, the presence of which of the following in the environment can act as triggers for hostile outbursts by making aggressive thoughts more accessible?
- A) High temperature of environment
- B) Something happening against your will
- C) Presence of the person you don’t like
- D) Aggression-associated cues
An infant has the ability to grasp and hold things, this is known as what?
- A) The rooting instinct
- B) Cephalocaudal principle
- C) Proximodistal principle
- D) The Moro reflex
Which of the following is related to first make a reasonable request; then reveal further costs?
- A) Low-ball technique
- B) Selling the top of the line
- C) Good-guy, bad-guy technique
- D) Prisoner dilemma
There are three personality traits which are consistently related to aggression EXCEPT:
- A) Irritability
- B) Emotional susceptibility
- C) Rumination
- D) Rationalization
The common group standard is known as:
- A) Group uniformity
- B) Social norms
- C) Social ethics
- D) Social conduct
Intimacy is a Latin word ________, which means “inner” or “inmost”
- A) Intimake
- B) Intimus
- C) Intumate
- D) Intimate
Which of the following is an ability to express yourself and your rights without violating the rights of others?
- A) Aggression
- B) Assault
- C) Assertiveness
- D) Hostility
Who developed self-report measure of attachment style?
- A) Cindy Hazan & Philip Shaver
- B) John Bowlby
- C) Altman & Taylor
- D) Levine & Hazan
Social learning theory was given by:
- A) Erickson
- B) Anderson
- C) Skinner
- D) Bandura
Which one of the following is NOT an effective strategy to reduce aggression?
- A) Reducing frustration
- B) Punishment
- C) Doing nothing at all
- D) Inducing incompatible responses
Who among the following was successful in changing the social and political landscape of South Africa?
- A) Nelson Mandela
- B) Obama
- C) George Bush
- D) Tony blare
Which of the following is not an aggressive act?
- A) Smashing fist into the concrete cell wall
- B) Accidentally knocking down a young girl
- C) Grabbing doctor’s moustache
- D) Firing a gun at a man
When members of a group are highly attracted to one another, this condition is known as:
- A) Attachment
- B) Support
- C) Cohesiveness
- D) Well being
When people internalize certain beliefs and attitudes into their self-concept, they are more likely to act in ways consistent with them, it refers to:
- A) Belief
- B) Belief ownership
- C) Self understanding
- D) Belief awareness
Which of the following is NOT a necessary condition for punishment to be effective?
- A) Prompt
- B) Random
- C) Relatively strong
- D) Consistent
People find it easier to ______________ unanimous opinion of others.
- A) Disagree
- B) Confront
- C) Challenge
- D) Conform
Anger is a:
- A) Dogma
- B) Behavior
- C) Feeling
- D) Cognition
Which of the following variation increases obedience?
- A) Two other teachers quit
- B) Delay in response
- C) Watching a peer give shocks
- D) Increasing distance of experimenter
Every act of aggression can be traced back to some previous frustration is explained under the phenomenon of:
- A) Frustration-aggression hypothesis
- B) Indirect aggression
- C) Reducing aggressive drives
- D) Catharsis
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of aggressive act?
- A) Assertive
- B) Sanctioned
- C) Antisocial
- D) Pro-social