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Activity 24.1 What is Aggression?
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Think About It: Is it aggression?

The text defines aggression as "physical or verbal behavior that is intended to hurt someone." By this definition, is it aggression?

Answer "Yes" or "No."




1A murderer is executed under Utah's capital punishment law.
A)Yes
B)No



2A father spanks his disobedient 6-year-old.
A)Yes
B)No



3A woman shoots mace at her would-be rapist.
A)Yes
B)No



4A batter's line drive hits the pitcher in the knee.
A)Yes
B)No



5A frustrated wife yells at her "messy slob of a husband."
A)Yes
B)No



6A smoldering destroyer in Pearl Harbor, 1941, manages to shoot down a Japanese plane.
A)Yes
B)No



7A professor lowers a student's grade on a late paper.
A)Yes
B)No



8A man passes along rumors about his rival's sexual transgressions.
A)Yes
B)No



9A teenager tells his proud little sister that her art project is "dumb and ugly."
A)Yes
B)No



10Two girls sneak out at night and toilet paper their mutual friend's front yard.
A)Yes
B)No
The text defines aggression as "physical or verbal behavior that is intended to hurt someone." By this definition, is it aggression?




11A murderer is executed under Utah's capital punishment law.
A)Yes
B)No



12A father spanks his disobedient 6-year-old.
A)Yes
B)No



13A woman shoots mace at her would-be rapist.
A)Yes
B)No



14A batter's line drive hits the pitcher in the knee.
A)Yes
B)No



15A frustrated wife yells at her "messy slob of a husband."
A)Yes
B)No



16A smoldering destroyer in Pearl Harbor, 1941, manages to shoot down a Japanese plane.
A)Yes
B)No



17A professor lowers a student's grade on a late paper.
A)Yes
B)No



18A man passes along rumors about his rival's sexual transgressions.
A)Yes
B)No



19A teenager tells his proud little sister that her art project is "dumb and ugly."
A)Yes
B)No



20Two girls sneak out at night and toilet paper their mutual friend's front yard.
A)Yes
B)No







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