Aggresion

Question 1

What is alcohol myopia and what are the 4 things it leads to?

Answer 1

It is the effect of alcohol on perceptual and cognitive functioning. Leads to them being more:
1. Sensitive to cues
2. Increases reactivity
3. Reduces regulation
4. Reduces thinking about consequences

Question 2

Wha percentage of all homicides are alcohol related

Answer 2

47%

Question 3

What percentage of deaths are caused by harmful uses of alcohol

Answer 3

5.9%

Question 4

Observational learning theory on aggression

Answer 4

We learn to be aggressive by seeing it around us and on media/tv/games due to desensitization of violent material

Question 5

What is the correlation between media violence and aggression

Answer 5

Moderate (Palik and Comstock)

Question 6

What did Zillmann and Bryant suggest

Answer 6

Suggested that continued exposure to porn seems to influence people to believe rapist is not fully responsible for actions

Question 7

The Werther Effect

Answer 7

Phenomenon where a sharp increase in the rate of suicide follows release of a high profile suicide story - some will be done exactly the same way as the publicised suicide. More likely to die by suicide if they relate to age and life circumstances.

Question 8

The Copycat effect

Answer 8

People are inspired by the story that has been reported in the media that they copy the person from the story e.g. school shootings. previous people have gotten high media coverage so i will copy them to get attention

Question 9

Social cognitive explanations for aggression

Answer 9

Maladaptive thinking patterns through modelling or observation

Question 9

Why does crowd violence happen?

Answer 9

We become deindividuated - our superego melts away and id runs rampant. When we feel anonymous we become more aggressive.

Question 10

When people are ostracised, they tend to

Answer 10

Inflict the same level of discomfort to a neutral person

Question 10

Factors affecting altruism

Answer 10

Those who were exposed to modelling helping behaviour are much more likely to help

Whether or not the person is in a hurry (Darley and Batson)

Question 10

What does deindividuation depend on

Answer 10

Context and situation we are sensitive to e.g. if we are wearing cloaks similar to KKK, we will be more aggressive but if we are dressed as a nurse, we will have more positive emotions.