Understanding Reactive Aggression
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What does the author consider as 'permanent' in personality psychology?

  • Disorders
  • States
  • Traits (correct)
  • Changes

    • What constitutes personality types in personality psychology?

  • Clusters of traits (correct)
  • Disorders
  • States
  • Changes in empathy

    • What is the controversial idea discussed in the text regarding zero degrees of empathy?

  • Zero empathy is always desirable.
  • There is at least one way where zero degrees of empathy can be positive. (correct)
  • Zero degrees of empathy can never be positive.
  • All forms of zero empathy are negative.

    • How does the author describe the three types of people with zero degrees of empathy mentioned in the text?

    <p>Zero-Negative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What would be 'very welcome' according to the text?

    <p>'Cure' for forms of Zero-Negative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept has the author re-cast 'personality disorders' as in the text?

    <p>'Empathy disorders'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason the individual avoids social gatherings like parties?

    <p>He dislikes making small talk and idle chitchat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the individual react when he believes someone is wrong?

    <p>He tells them so, in no uncertain terms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do other people often feel uncomfortable when the individual tries to persuade them of his position?

    <p>He lectures at them rather than engaging in a dialogue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the individual assert about topics he doesn't know about?

    <p>He remains silent on them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the individual prefer conversations to be structured?

    <p>Around issues where evidence can be presented.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the individual insist on everything being in its own place at home?

    <p>He finds comfort in maintaining order and control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the man's typical reaction when he feels people are not giving him enough attention?

    <p>He feels badly treated and looks angry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the man treat people who are in a position of influence and could be of some help to him?

    <p>He turns on his charm and is fun and humorous</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the man do when he feels important?

    <p>He becomes elated and happy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does the man react when he goes to the local church community centre and people ask him how he is?

    <p>He becomes angry and critical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the man's perspective on people who cannot give him anything that he needs?

    <p>He finds them unimportant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the man's typical reaction when his children visit or phone him?

    <p>He becomes angry and critical</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the two areas of the brain that can trigger reactive aggression?

    <p>The amygdala and the prefrontal cortex</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can cause the amygdala to be overactive, leading to over-reactive aggression?

    <p>Prolonged exposure to stress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the prefrontal cortex in relation to reactive aggression?

    <p>It inhibits reactive aggression</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Violence Inhibition Mechanism (VIM) model proposed by James Blair?

    <p>A model that reduces distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can cause the prefrontal cortex to be under-active, leading to reactive aggression?

    <p>Prolonged exposure to sadness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does NIH cognitive neuroscientist James Blair's model argue about our reaction to conspecific's distress?

    <p>We have an automatic reaction to reduce the distress</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is affected in the same way in individuals who lose their empathy, regardless of whether they become Type B or Type P?

    <p>Neural circuitry related to empathy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is predicted to be found in Type N individuals in terms of neural circuitry?

    <p>Similar abnormalities in the empathy circuit as Type B and Type P</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the distinction made between in personality psychology in relation to fluctuations in a psychological or neural system?

    <p>States vs. traits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are examples of short-term states that can compromise empathy?

    <p>Being drunk, tired, impatient, or stressed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the feeling of regret a sign of in relation to empathy?

    <p>A sign that the empathy circuit is temporarily on</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common endpoint in individuals who lose their empathy, regardless of whether they become Type B, Type P, or Type N?

    <p>The same abnormalities in the empathy circuit</p> Signup and view all the answers

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