Flashcards in Intro to Dev (10) Deck (31):
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What is aggression?
Behavior that intentionally harms other people by inflicting pain
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What is hostile aggression?
violent attitudes or actions that are done to harm another just for the sake of it
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What is instrumental aggression?
Aggression that is a means to achieve an end
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What is reactive aggression?
fear-based and impulsive aggression
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What is relational aggression?
harm others through deliberate manipulation of their social standing
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3 biological factors before birth that affect aggression?
Genetic predisposition
Prenatal problems
Difficult temperament
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3 biological factors after birth that affect aggression?
Psychophysioloigcal response to conflict
Hormone levels
Neurological deficits
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4 parenting factors that can affect aggression?
Inconsistency
Coerciveness
Abuse
Poor monitoring
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3 peer factors that affect aggression?
Rejection
Deviancy
Gangs
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4 sociocultural factors that affect aggression?
Poverty
Exposure to TV violence
High Risk Neighborhood
Poor schooling
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2 sociocognitive beliefs that affect aggression?
Believe aggression is a social norm
Believe aggression yields rewards
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Main idea of Bandura's social learning theory?
children learn by observing and imitating others
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4 mediational processes of Bandura's social learning theory?
Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation
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What is the mediational process of attention?
Seeing the behavior performed and noting the result
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What is the mediational process of retention?
Rehearsal of the events that were seen
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What is the mediational process of reproduction?
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?
Thinking about whether the incentives of the behavior are worth carry it out or not
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Liebert and Baron (1972) found that children who watched violent TV were?
more aggressive in play sessions
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Thomas et al (1977) found that children who watched violent TV became?
indifferent to observing violence in others
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Anderson and Bushman (2001) found that violent video games are related to?
Increased aggression in children and adolescents as well as a decrease in prosocial behavior.
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Funk et al (2004) found that violent video games are related to?
lower empathy and higher levels of violent attitudes.
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What factor affects how much media influences antisocial behavior?
identification in the aggressive characters
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What 2 processes cause a desensitization of violence?
1. Imitation
2. Arousal of aggressive cognitions
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What is the sensitive period?
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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