Author Question: If James is rejected by Julie, a girl he likes, this rejection may activate cognitive structures in ... (Read 44 times)

sheilaspns · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

If James is rejected by Julie, a girl he likes, this rejection may activate cognitive structures in James' mind that leads him to perceive ambiguous or neutral actions by other people as hostile in nature and to perceive aggression as common in

social interactions and as an appropriate kind of reaction. If this occurs, James would have a(n) ________ mindset. a) frustration-primed
b) hostile cognitive
c) aggression-ready
d) social-exclusion

Question 2

John and Thom are high school classmates who have never liked each other. One day, they get into a fight at school during the lunch hour. They have to be separated by teachers.

Soon after, in the following class, John gets very annoyed with another student who drops her pencil close to his foot. What explains John's annoyance at this student? a) Frustration-aggression hypothesis
b) General aggression model
c) Excitation transfer theory
d) Freud's death wish theory