Author Question: Two children, Jane and Joan, have been eyeing a new water pistol in the local toy store for months. ... (Read 87 times)

sabina · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Two children, Jane and Joan, have been eyeing a new water pistol in the local toy store for months. Each is convinced that her parents will buy her the water pistol as soon as summer comes.

Yesterday, Jane's parents bought her the water pistol, which turned out to be the last one in the store. As soon as Joan found out, she had a temper tantrum and hit Jane in the stomach. ________ best explains Joan's behavior.
a. Social exchange theory
b. Frustration-aggression theory
c. Social learning theory
d. The emotional consistency effect

Question 2

Researchers (Barker, Dembo, & Lewin, 1941) frustrated some children in a study by making them view attractive toys that were kept out of their reach. Based on research presented in the chapter,

what is most likely to happen when they did allow the children to play with the toys? They found that these frustrated children were more likely to
a. play with the forbidden toys longer.
b. ignore the forbidden toys.
c. act aggressively with the toys.
d. aggress toward the adult experimenters.