Intro to Dev (10) Flashcards

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What is aggression?

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Behavior that intentionally harms other people by inflicting pain

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What is hostile aggression?

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

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3
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What is instrumental aggression?

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Aggression that is a means to achieve an end

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What is reactive aggression?

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fear-based and impulsive aggression

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What is relational aggression?

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harm others through deliberate manipulation of their social standing

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3 biological factors before birth that affect aggression?

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Genetic predisposition
Prenatal problems
Difficult temperament

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3 biological factors after birth that affect aggression?

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Psychophysioloigcal response to conflict
Hormone levels
Neurological deficits

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4 parenting factors that can affect aggression?

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Inconsistency
Coerciveness
Abuse
Poor monitoring

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3 peer factors that affect aggression?

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Rejection
Deviancy
Gangs

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10
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4 sociocultural factors that affect aggression?

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Poverty
Exposure to TV violence
High Risk Neighborhood
Poor schooling

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2 sociocognitive beliefs that affect aggression?

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Believe aggression is a social norm

Believe aggression yields rewards

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Main idea of Bandura’s social learning theory?

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children learn by observing and imitating others

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4 mediational processes of Bandura’s social learning theory?

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Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

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What is the mediational process of attention?

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Seeing the behavior performed and noting the result

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What is the mediational process of retention?

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Rehearsal of the events that were seen

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What is the mediational process of reproduction?

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

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What is the mediational process of motivation?

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

18
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Liebert and Baron (1972) found that children who watched violent TV were?

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more aggressive in play sessions

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

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indifferent to observing violence in others

20
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Anderson and Bushman (2001) found that violent video games are related to?

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

21
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Funk et al (2004) found that violent video games are related to?

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lower empathy and higher levels of violent attitudes.

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What factor affects how much media influences antisocial behavior?

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identification in the aggressive characters

23
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What 2 processes cause a desensitization of violence?

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  1. Imitation

2. Arousal of aggressive cognitions

24
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What is the sensitive period?

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period where certain types of learning readily takes place.

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What ages does Eron suggest that the sensitive period for aggression is?
8-12
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What is Freud's main view on how violence is reduced?
Catharsis
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What is catharsis?
Process where violent tendencies are vented in a harmless manner
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What is an example of catharsis?
Watching violent sport or playing violent video games
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What is Freud's main theory on how aggression is displayed in humans?
Thanatos
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What is Thanatos?
Death instinct all people are born with
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What is Thanatos responsible for?
Responsible for aggression on an individual and a societal level