Question

Nicole wants a cookie. Heather has a cookie. Nicole pushes Heather and takes her cookie. Nicole doesn’t intend to hurt Heather, Nicole just wants the cookie. This is an example of ________.A. relational aggressionB. instrumental aggressionC. reactive aggressionD. hostile aggression

Answer 1

Answer:B. instrumental aggression

Explanation:

Instrumental aggression defines an agressive behavior towards another person with an a of achieving something from them; a person acts agressive towards the other person with a goal in mind.

If a person succeeds in their attempted agressive behavior and they end up retrieving what they had aimed to earn they will repeat the same behaviour in the future.

Nicole is being agressive towards Heather with a goal which is to retrieve a cookie from Heather.