Cognitive Approach: Explaining Aggression In Society Flashcards
1
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What is Aggression?
A
Behaviour intended to cause physical or physiological harm.
2
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What is Cognitive Priming?
A
Process a stimulus faster when we have experienced it or something similar earlier.
3
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What are Cognitive Scripts?
A
Stored info automatically retrieved that guides behaviour in a given situation.
4
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What is Hostile Attribution Bias?
A
Tendency to interpret others’ motives as aggressive when it is actually neutral.
5
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What is Instrumental Aggression?
A
Goal-directed aggression.
6
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What is a Schema?
A
Mental frameworks of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing
