| Study Questions Number 10 Discussion/Writing Assignment Moeller Chapter 2. Overview of aggression. Pages 34-44. Corrected 6:00 PM 10-5-04. |
Date: 10-7-04 Psychology/Criminal Justice 317 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | What does attribution theory emphasize? Name and describe the five steps in the sequence of cognitive processes. (34) | ||
| 2. | Under what conditions, does the tendency to exhibit hostile attributional bias increase? (35-36) | ||
| 3. | What vicious cycle results from the hostile attributional bias? Explain. (36) | ||
| 4. | According to cognitive theory, what are the four reasons that aggressive behavior, once learned, might persist? (36) | ||
| 5. | Social control theory assumes what? What has been developed to keep the unruly tendency in check? The social bond consists of what four components? Name and describe each. (37-38) | ||
| 6. | Define lack of self control. According to self-control theory, why do criminal acts occur? (38) | ||