Aggression Flashcards
Aggression is…
Any form of behavior directed towards the goal of harming or injuring another person who is motivated to avoid such treatment.
Aggression can often be confused with…
Violence
4 Criteria’s for an aggressive act are :
1) Physical or verbal behavior
2) Must involve physical or psychological harm/injury
3) Directed towards a living thing
4) Intention to cause harm
Types of aggression are :
Assertive
Instrumental
Hostile
Relational
Assertive aggression includes…
- High energy and emotion
- within the rules of the game
- no intent to harm or injure
- goal directed
- uses force that’s legitimate and within the rules
Instrumental aggression includes…
- Acts of aggression to achieve a non-aggressive goal
- not angry
- used to enhance the chance of winning
(most aggression in sport is Instrumental)
Hostile aggression includes…
- to inflict harm or injure someone
- anger related
- frustration can lead to hostile acts being performed
Relational aggression includes…
- non-physical form of aggression
- psychological or emotional harm
Aggression Theory’s are…
- Instinct Theory
- Frustration aggression Theory
- Social-learning Theory
Instinct Theory suggests…
- born with aggression
- directed towards a person or displaced
- release is called catharsis
- people play sports to get rid of tension, contact sports for a more physical release
Frustration aggression Theory suggests…
- aggression comes from the build up of frustration
- frustration leads to anger rather than aggression
- some people can control there anger so it doesn’t become aggression
Frustration produces aggression when…
- persons close to achieving a goal
- frustration is caused deliberately
- the blocking of goal is unfair
Social-learning Theory suggests…
- observing aggressive behavior can lead to aggression
- suggest that aggression occurs where you become frustrated, an individual may learn that aggression is an appropriate response to the situation.
4 Steps to social-learning Theory are…
1) Attention - respect and admiration
2) Retention - remember the skill
3) Motor reproduction - to be able to perform
4) Motivational response - have to be motivated
An audience see an aggressive act, only some will mimic the behavior , why?
- gender
- admiration
- personality type
- instinct theory
