One Current Perspective on Aggression Suggests That Aggressive Behavior Is

question 101

Multiple Choice

One current perspective on aggression suggests that aggressive behavior is triggered by a variety of situational and individual variables that influence affect,cognitions,and arousal.This perspective is known as ________.

• A)the thanatos hypothesis
• B)the frustration-aggression model
• C)the Type A - Type B hypothesis
• D)the general aggression model
• E)the excitation transfer theory

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