Week 5 (Situational factors promoting aggressive behavior) lecture 8 Flashcards
a great deal of human motivation focuses on seeking and avoiding what ?
seeking positive or pleasant experiences
avoiding negative or aversive experiences
- frustration
- provocation
- pain
- loud/uncontrollable nosie
- irritants in the air
- bitter taste
- stress
- crowding
- heat/global warming
what are these ?
aversive events
the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something
what is this ?
frustration
- poverty
- lack of educational or employment opportunities
- long lines
- traffic jams
- slow drivers
what are these ?
frustration situations
- across all aversive events, perhaps the single most reliable elector of aggression and violence
- always involve interactions with others (real or imagined)
what is this ?
provocation
action or speech that makes someone annoyed or angry, especially deliberately
what is this ?
provocation
whats the top causes of murder ?
arguments
- a consistent finding in animal research is that ___ reliably elects aggression.
- most studies find an inverted v shaped relation between ___ and aggression.
- if ____ is very low, aggression is low.
- if ____ is very high, aggression is also low
what is this ?
pain
are humans more or less aggressive following exposure to mildly painful stimuli ?
more aggressive
humans who experience chronic pain are more or less aggressive than those who do not ?
more aggressive
is the subjective, unpleasant experience of pressure to adapt to an environmental or psychological demand
what is this ?
stress
- the number of people in a given area
- can produce positive emotions and behaviors in desirable environments such as in football stadiums or concert halls
what is this ?
density
- is the subjective and unpleasant feeling that there are too many people in a given area
- can increase aggression in undesirable environments such as in psychiatric wards and prisons
what is this ?
crowding
