After manny's father refused to let him use the family car on friday night, manny let all the air out of the tires. his action is best explained in terms of the

Hey there!

Your answer will be the frustration-aggression principle. Frustration occurs when someone's goals are interfered with – in this case, Manny was unable to drive the car because his father refused to let him. So, in response to this, Manny became aggressive and sought to get back at his father. 

In this principal, it is proposed that frustration often leads to aggression. In addition to that, aggressive action often follows frustration in order to relieve the frustration. Manny likely thought that he would feel better if he took his anger out on something – in this case, it was letting the air out of the tires of the car and causing his family a huge inconvenience. 

Hope this helped you out! :-)