After He Is Spanked, Terrence Feels Angry, Frustrated, and Hostile

question 223

Multiple Choice

After he is spanked, Terrence feels angry, frustrated, and hostile, and goes immediately outside and picks a fight with his younger brother. What is most likely to occur in the future?

• A)Picking a fight with his brother will be an isolated event in the future, although he will still misbehave and receive spankings.
• B)Because Terrence releases some of his anger on his younger brother, his aggression will be rewarded and will tend to occur again in other frustrating situations.
• C)Because Terrence releases his anger on his younger brother, he will be less likely to be aggressive toward any other children in the future due to the cathartic effect.
• D)Terrence's overall aggression will decline, and he will become a model child at home, in the neighborhood, and at school.

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Definitions:

Emotional Nature

An individual's characteristic way of feeling and expressing emotions.

Racism

Discrimination or prejudice directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior.

Minimizing

The psychological strategy of downplaying or understating the significance of events or emotions, often as a coping mechanism.

Prejudice

An antipathy or negative feeling, either expressed or not expressed, based on a faulty and inflexible generalization that places a group of people at some disadvantage not merited by their actions.