Aggression Flashcards
(24 cards)
_ is self-assured, energetic and positive behavior;
_ is physical or verbal behavior intended to harm
Assertiveness;
Aggression
Two Types of Aggression: _ and _
Hostile Aggression;
Instrumental Aggression
Types of Aggression:
_ is an aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself.
Example: Murder
Hostile Aggression
Types of Aggression:
_ is an aggression that is a means to some other end
Example: War, terrorism
Instrumental Aggression
Theories of Aggression (Biological):
_ explains that animals can be bred for aggressiveness
Genetic influences
Theories of Aggression (Biological):
_ explains that alcohol unleashes aggression when people are provoked; testosterone and low serotonin can influence aggression
Biochemical influences
Theories of Aggression (Biological):
_ states that aggression in unlearned and universal, if it is not released it builds up, until it explodes.
Instinct Theory and Evolutionary Psychology
Theories of Aggression (Biological):
_ states that researchers have found neural systems in both animals and humans that facilitate aggression.
Neural Influences
Theories of Aggression (as a Response):
_ states that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress
Frustration-aggression theory
_ is anything that blocks us from attaining a goal
Frustration
_ is the redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. Generally, the new target is a safe or more socially accepted target
Displacement
_ is the perception tat one is less well off than others with whom one compares onself,
Relative deprivation
Theories of Aggression (Learned):
_ states that we often learn that aggression pays.
Rewards of aggression
Theories of Aggression (Learned):
_ states that we often learn to be aggressive by watching others.
Observational Learning
Influences on Aggression:
The aversive incidents that influence aggression are:
_, _, and _.
Pain, heat, attacks
Influences on Aggression:
Singer states that we can experiences an _ in different ways which could result to body flushing heart palpitations and etc.
Arousal
Influences on Aggression:
_ releasing pent-up anger leading to violence.
Example: Guns
Aggressive Cues
Influences on Aggression:
_ states that men who were shown films and mild sexual violence towards women were more accepting of violence against women.
Distorted perceptions of sexual reality
Influences on Aggression:
_ states that evidences shows that pornography may contribute to men’s aggressive attitudes towards women.
Aggression against women
Influences on Aggression:
Televisions effects on thinking:
- Desensitization
- Social Scripts
- Altered Perceptions
- Cognitive Priming
Okay
Influences on Aggression
Media Influences: Video Game
Okay
Influence son Aggression:
Group Influences:
- Diffusion of responsibility
- Social contagion
- Social identity
- Amplification of aggressive tendencies
- Group polarization
Okay
Does catharsis lead to aggression?
Yes. Contrary to the catharsis hypothesis, expressing aggression by catharsis tends to breed further aggression, not reduce it
Reducing Aggression:
Controlling aggression by counteracting that factors that provoke it: _, _, _
Reducing aversive stimulation
Rewarding nonaggression
Modeling nonaggression
