Lecture 8 - Aggression Flashcards

1
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instrumental aggression

A
  • to reach a goal

- deliberate and rational

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2
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emotional aggression

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  • to hurt
  • from anger or hate
  • impulsive and irrational
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3
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verbal aggression + gender

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no difference

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4
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physical aggression + gender

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more boys

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5
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indirect aggression + gender

A

spreading rumours and gossip

more girls

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6
Q

predipositions of aggression

A
  • heritability
  • high tesosterone
  • low serotonine
  • gender
  • personality traits e.g. narcisism
  • hostile attribbution
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7
Q

thanatos

A

Freud’s death drive

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8
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Freud’s aggression

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to blow of steam

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9
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Lorent’s aggression

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  • evolutionary instinct
  • flight or fight
  • also adaptive
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10
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is expressing anger healthy?

A

no, on the contrary

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11
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Bushman study

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  • report evaluated
  • s could hit a ball
  • punished rater more
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12
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frustration aggression theory

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emerges from frustration

can be displaced

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13
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cognitive-neoassociationist model

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Berkowitz
negative affects > fight + anger or flight + fear
thinking as the moderator

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14
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Schacter Singer study

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injected with adrenaline, did not know about its effects

got more angry at annoying person than if theey did know

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15
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alcohol and aggression

A

can disinhibit
decreases self-awareness
learned disinhibition
can also be prosocial

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16
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situational factors for aggression

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heat

crowds

17
Q

situational cues

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e.g. presence of guns leads to more aggression

18
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social roles + aggression

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  • roles like youth groups or gangs
  • injustice
  • feeling morally superior
  • cultures of honour
19
Q

Cohen study

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  • s walked down corridor
  • bumped by someone
  • Southeners got more angry
  • more testosterone and cortisol
20
Q

rise of culture of honour

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  • weak rule of law
  • high risk of theft
  • e.g. pastoralism
21
Q

Bandura

A
  • observational learning

- learning by wathcing others being rewarded

22
Q

Bandura + gender

A
  • boys baseline is higher

- but both boys and girls learn equally fast

23
Q

longitudunal study Tv violence

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  • 40 years
  • aggreession at 8 did not predict later violence
  • violent TV contributed to later violence
  • opposite effect on girls
    (?)
24
Q

predictors for rape

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  • rape myth acceptance

- narcisism

25
Q

when does punishment work?

A
  • directly after act
  • reasonable intensity
  • consistent and predictable
  • spanking does th opposite
26
Q

how to decrease aggression

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  • teach alternative prosocial behavior
  • reward non-aggressive problem solving
  • get distraction when angry