Intro to Dev (10)

Question 1

What is aggression?

Answer 1

Behavior that intentionally harms other people by inflicting pain

Question 2

What is hostile aggression?

Answer 2

violent attitudes or actions that are done to harm another just for the sake of it

Question 3

What is instrumental aggression?

Answer 3

Aggression that is a means to achieve an end

Question 4

What is reactive aggression?

Answer 4

fear-based and impulsive aggression

Question 5

What is relational aggression?

Answer 5

harm others through deliberate manipulation of their social standing

Question 6

3 biological factors before birth that affect aggression?

Answer 6

Genetic predisposition
Prenatal problems
Difficult temperament

Question 7

3 biological factors after birth that affect aggression?

Answer 7

Psychophysioloigcal response to conflict
Hormone levels
Neurological deficits

Question 8

4 parenting factors that can affect aggression?

Answer 8

Inconsistency
Coerciveness
Abuse
Poor monitoring

Question 9

3 peer factors that affect aggression?

Answer 9

Rejection
Deviancy
Gangs

Question 10

4 sociocultural factors that affect aggression?

Answer 10

Poverty
Exposure to TV violence
High Risk Neighborhood
Poor schooling

Question 11

2 sociocognitive beliefs that affect aggression?

Answer 11

Believe aggression is a social norm

Believe aggression yields rewards

Question 12

Main idea of Bandura’s social learning theory?

Answer 12

children learn by observing and imitating others

Question 13

4 mediational processes of Bandura’s social learning theory?

Answer 13

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

Question 14

What is the mediational process of attention?

Answer 14

Seeing the behavior performed and noting the result

Question 15

What is the mediational process of retention?

Answer 15

Rehearsal of the events that were seen

Question 16

What is the mediational process of reproduction?

Answer 16

Thinking about whether they are physically capable of carrying out the desired behavior or not.

Question 17

What is the mediational process of motivation?

Answer 17

Thinking about whether the incentives of the behavior are worth carry it out or not

Question 18

Liebert and Baron (1972) found that children who watched violent TV were?

Answer 18

more aggressive in play sessions

Question 19

Thomas et al (1977) found that children who watched violent TV became?

Answer 19

indifferent to observing violence in others

Question 20

Anderson and Bushman (2001) found that violent video games are related to?

Answer 20

Increased aggression in children and adolescents as well as a decrease in prosocial behavior.

Question 21

Funk et al (2004) found that violent video games are related to?

Answer 21

lower empathy and higher levels of violent attitudes.

Question 22

What factor affects how much media influences antisocial behavior?

Answer 22

identification in the aggressive characters

Question 23

What 2 processes cause a desensitization of violence?

Answer 23

1. Imitation

2. Arousal of aggressive cognitions

Question 24

What is the sensitive period?

Answer 24

period where certain types of learning readily takes place.

Question 25

What ages does Eron suggest that the sensitive period for aggression is?

Answer 25

8-12

Question 26

What is Freud’s main view on how violence is reduced?

Answer 26

Catharsis

Question 27

What is catharsis?

Answer 27

Process where violent tendencies are vented in a harmless manner

Question 28

What is an example of catharsis?

Answer 28

Watching violent sport or playing violent video games

Question 29

What is Freud’s main theory on how aggression is displayed in humans?

Answer 29

Thanatos

Question 30

What is Thanatos?

Answer 30

Death instinct all people are born with

Question 31

What is Thanatos responsible for?

Answer 31

Responsible for aggression on an individual and a societal level