Aggresion Flashcards
Aggression
Intent to harm outside the rules; hostile behaviour
Assertion
Well-motivated behaviour within the rules
Aggressive cue hypothesis
Suggests that aggression is caused by a learned trigger
Social learning theory
Aggression is learned from experience, coaches, role models and significant others
Instinct theory
Aggression is spontaneous and innate
Frustration Aggression hypothesis
Aggression is inevitable when frustrating circumstances cause our goals to be blocked
Catharsis
Cleansing the emotions using sports as an outlet for aggression
How do we prevent aggression
Don’t reinforce aggressive acts in training.
Punishing players with fines, sub them.
Sending players off.
Set goals on performance not outcome