The Main Reason That Reactive Aggression Is Associated with Unpopularity

question 19

Multiple Choice

The main reason that reactive aggression is associated with unpopularity and greater problems with peers is that reactive aggression is characterized by:

• A) a combination of aggression and poor emotion regulation or lack of social skills.
• B) a combination of bad karma and well-developed social skills.
• C) a combination of delinquent behaviors and extreme shyness in social situations.
• D) a combination of being female and plotting an aggressive response in advance.

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Definitions:

Foreperson

The leader or head of a jury, appointed to speak or act on behalf of the jury, including delivering the verdict.

Jury

A group of people sworn to render a verdict or decision in a legal case based on evidence presented to them in court.

Superordinate Goal

In intergroup conflict, an objective held in common by all conflicting groups that cannot be achieved by any one group without the supportive efforts of the others.

Ultimate Attribution Error

A perceptual bias occurring in intergroup relations. Negative behaviors by out-group members are attributed to stable, internal factors such as undesirable personal traits or dispositions, but positive behaviors by out-group members are attributed to unstable, external factors such as situational pressures or luck. As a result, in-group observers will blame the out-group for negative outcomes but will not give it credit for positive outcomes.