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11: Aggression Flashcards

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1
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A behavior that is intended to harm another individual.

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Aggression

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According to Myers and Twenge (2018), it is a physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm

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Aggression

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This type of aggression includes hurting someone’s body

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Physical Aggression

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This type of aggression includes bullying, or cyberbullying, insults, harmful gossip, or social exclusion that hurts feelings

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Social Aggression

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An extreme acts of aggression.

a. Violence
b. Anger
c. Hostility

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Violence

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It consists of strong feelings of displeasure in response to a perceived injury (emotional response)

a. Violence
b. Anger
c. Hostility

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Anger

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It is a negative, antagonistic attitude toward another person or group. (habitual attitude)

a. Violence
b. Anger
c. Hostility

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Hostility

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His theory in aggression stated that “humans are naturally gentle creatures who are aggressive only because we are taught to be so by our society (blames society for social evils).

a. Rousseau
b. Hobbes
c. Freud

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Rousseau

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For him, society restrains human violence

a. Rousseau
b. Hobbes
c. Freud

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Hobbes

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According to his theory in aggression: aggressive drive is inborn and thus inevitable

a. Rousseau
b. Hobbes
c. Freud

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Freud

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According to this type of influence, there are brain areas responsible for aggression. Prefrontal cortex (emergency brake on aggressive behavior) was 14 percent less active than normal in murderers and 15 percent smaller in the antisocial men (Raine et. al., 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008).

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Neural Influences

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This type of influence, it influences the neural system’s sensitivity to aggressive cues
-Animals can be bred for aggressiveness
-A child who is nonaggressive at age 8 will very likely still be a nonaggressive person at age 48 (Huesmann & others, 2003).

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Genetic Influences

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According to this type of influence, aggression is contributed by an individual’s consumption of Alcohol, hormones, and a person’s poor diet

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Blood Chemistry

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It enhances aggressiveness by reducing people’s self-awareness

a. Alcohol
b. Hormones
c. Poor diet

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Alcohol

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Human aggressiveness correlate to their hormones (testosterone and estrogen)

a. Alcohol
b. Hormones
c. Poor diet

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Hormones

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To lower aggression, eat a diet high in omega 3 fatty acids, low in trans fat, and without sweetened drinks

a. Alcohol
b. Hormones
c. Poor diet

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Poor diet

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The feeling of irritation and annoyance when something blocks you from achieving a goal.

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Frustration

17
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Frustration is the feeling of irritation and annoyance when something blocks you from achieving a goal.

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Frustration-Aggression Theory

18
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The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. Generally, the new target is a safer or more socially acceptable target.

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Displacement

19
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the subjective feeling of not having enough space—is stressful

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Crowding

20
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-Painful Incidents physical
-Heat
-Attacks or insults
-Crowding - the subjective feeling of not having enough space is stressful

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Environmental Influences on Aggression

21
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If a person “bottles up his rage, we have to find an outlet. We have to give him an opportunity of letting off steam.” Fritz Perls (1973)

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Catharsis

22
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The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished.

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Social learning theory

23
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One form of aggression that is prevalent across virtually all cultures (Volk et al., 2012), involves intentional harm (physically or psychologically), repetition (the victim is targeted a number of times), and a power imbalance (the bully abuses his or her power over the victim).

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Bullying

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To violence refers to a reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity to real violence.

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Desensitization

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