Study Questions Number 9
Discussion/Writing Assignment

Moeller Chapter 2. Overview of aggression. Pages 24-34.
Date: 10-5-04
Psychology/Criminal Justice 317

Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
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1. Be able to define the "Types of Aggression." Be able to give an example. (25)
2. Be able to define sublimation, displacement, and regression. Be able to give an example of each. (26 & 32)
3. Be able to define observational learning, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, stimulus discrimination, and stimulus generalization. Be able to give an aggression example of each. (28-31)
4. According to the authors of the frustration-aggression hypothesis (Dollard, Doob, Miller, Mowrer, & Sears, 1939), frustration is defined in what way? Be able to give an example of the frustration-aggression hypothesis. (31- 32)
6. According to Berkowitz, what role does anger play in aggression? (33)
7. Explain how Berkowitz's theory accounts for frustration affecting children differentially. (33-34)
8. What did Berkowitz (1989) add to his theory to make it more cognitive? (34)