Wk11: Antisocial Behaviour Flashcards
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Define antisocial behaviour
Behaviour that violates the social norms, rules, or community an individual is part of
Types of antisocial behaviours
- Aggression
- Deviant behaviours
- Criminal behaviours
- Other violations
Aggression
- Intentional behaviour (intention to hurt)
- Physical of psychological harm
- Inflicted on another person
Proactive aggression
Type of aggression
- Premeditated behaviour to desired outcome
- Cold, calculated
- No aggressive affect (anger)
Reactive aggression
Type of aggression
- Emotional behaviour; includes aggressive affect
- Impulsive, response to threat, frustration, provacation
- Primary goal to inflict harm on aggravating stimulus
Direct aggression
Method of enacting aggression
- Targeted aggression towards an individual
- Physical, Verbal
Physical aggression
Direct method of enacting aggression
- Form of direct aggression (targeted; individual)
- Violence with the goal of physical harm
Verbal aggression
Direct method of enacting aggression
- Form of direct aggression (targeted; individual)
- Violent communication types (insults, slurs, threats) and/or delivery (tone, online)
Indirect aggression
Method of enacting aggression
- Targeted aggression towards an individual through some medium (intentional harm using a proxy)
- Relational, Object-directed
Relational aggression
Indirect method of enacting aggression
- Form of indirect aggression (medium, by proxy)
- Damaging one’s social reputation
Object-directed aggression
Indirect method of enacting aggression
- Form of indirect aggression (medium, by proxy)
- Damaging one’s valued objects to elicit pain
Passive aggression
Method of enacting aggression
- Targeted aggression towards an individual through absence of positive (prosocial) behaviour
- More common than direct or indirect aggression
- E.g. silent treatment
Factors of antisocial behaviour
- Instinct and evolution
- Personality
- Cognitive neo-association theory
- Deindividualisation
- Social norms
- Social learning theory
- Media effects
Instinct and evolution
Factor of antisocial behaviour
- Genetic evidence; dispositional aggression seen before aggression is demonstrated to infants
- Cartharsis hypothesis (false)
- Evolutionary approach; adaptive fight or flight response to external threats
Catharsis hypothesis
Category of instinctual/ evolutionary aggression
- Posits aggressive drive is reduced with aggressive behaviour
- “Get it out of your system”
- Empirically unsupported
Personality traits
Factor of antisocial behaviour
- Some tendency towards aggression
- Inversely related to agreeableness (big 5)
- Predicted by dark triad
Dark triad
Category of personality influencing antisocial behaviour
- Narcissism
- Machiavellianism
- Psychopathy
Narcissism
Factor of the dark triad, influencing personality
- Lack of empathy
- Actual: Grandiose, inflated view of self
- Ought: Sense of entitlement, superiority
- Ideal: Fantasies of domination, success, admiration
Machiavellianism
Factor of the dark triad, influencing personality
- Disregard for morality
- Deceptive, deceitful, [expense of others]
- manipulative, exploitative [personal gain]
- Mistrustful view of others [self-reflection]
Psychopathy
Factor of the dark triad, influencing personality
- Lack empathy
- Disregard morality
- Impulsivity, recklessness
- Callousness, remorselessness
- Antisocial nature and behaviours
Cognitive neo-association theory
Factor of antisocial behaviour
- Aversive stimuli causes negative affect
- “Fight” response causes aggression
- “Flight” response causes avoidance
Deindividuation
Factor of antisocial behaviour
- Process where an individual loses sense of socialised individual identity
- Loss of evaluation apprehension increases aggression
- E.g. group trick-or-treaters steal more lollies than independent ones
- E.g. protesters may be more disruptive in larger groups and at night
Stanford Prison experiment problems
- “Guards” were disclosed purpose of experiment; manipulated authenticity
- “Guards” encouraged to participate in antisocial behaviour
- Experimenters did not intervene when things escalated
Social Norms
Factor of antisocial behaviour
- Antisocial behaviour and aggression exacerbated if social norm permits
- May explain deindividuation effects [Absence of evaluation apprehension]
