Warren Has Just Been Stood Up by Christine-Again! He Is

question 54

Multiple Choice

Warren has just been stood up by Christine-again! He is upset and angry, and yells at his flatmates, who have not tidied up the backyard after a house party. The model of aggression that best predicts Warren's outburst is:

• A) frustration-aggression.
• B) ethology.
• C) social learning.
• D) in-group bias.

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Definitions:

Role-Playing

A teaching or training technique that involves acting out situations or assuming the roles of characters to simulate real-life scenarios.

Cognitive Dissonance Theory

The theory that we act to reduce the discomfort (dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example, when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting dissonance by changing our attitudes.

Cognitive Dissonance

The mental discomfort experienced by a person who holds contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values at the same time.

Situational Attribution

The process of assigning the cause of behavior to environmental factors rather than to internal traits or motivations.