Author Question: Social psychologists define aggression in a very specific way. According to that definition, which ... (Read 46 times)

savannahhooper · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Social psychologists define aggression in a very specific way. According to that definition, which of the following is NOT an example of aggression?

a. A mafia hit man who kills for paychecks
b. A disgruntled employee who fantasizes about shouting at his boss
c. A woman who tries to backstab an ex-lover by sending a package of incriminating photos to his new girlfriend, but mistakenly sends the package to the wrong address.
d. A boy who posts mean comments about a fellow classmate on MySpace.

Question 2

We should expect social loafing to be greatly reduced when ____.

a. people are not held accountable for their inputs
b. people are anonymous within the group
c. the task at hand is important to people
d. people think that others in the group are superior to them in terms of the task at hand