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NClaborn · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Gary, a northern male who has a reputation for violence, has been drinking with his friends. Stan approaches Gary and insults his girlfriend. Gary and Stan get into a fistfight. Which of the following best explains why Gary and Stan began to fight?

Research suggests that
a. northern males are more prone to react to insults with aggression.
b. alcohol is especially likely to interact with testosterone to increase aggression.
c. alcohol lowers our social inhibitions and allows us to act impulsively.
d. people from different parts of the country hold different expectations about the effects of alcohol.

Question 2

Research examining the think-drink effect gave some participants a nonalcoholic drink, some a weak alcohol drink, and some a strong alcohol drink to see how aggressive they would be.

The participants were also told how much alcohol they were getting, but the researchers did not necessarily tell them the truth about the amount. What is(are) the independent variable(s)?
a. amount of aggression
b. amount of alcohol received
c. amount of alcohol they were told was in the drink
d. both the amount of alcohol they received and the amount of alcohol they were told was in the drink