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)