aggression

Question 1

what is aggression?

Answer 1

intentional behaviour aimed to cause someone with physically or psycho pain

Question 2

types of aggression

Answer 2

antisocial vs prosocial
violate or support social norms?
bullying- antisocial /act of law inforcement- prosocial

hostile vs instrumental
hostile :behaviour intended to harm physically /psycho motivated by feelings of anger and hostility
instrumental: behaviour intended to harm in service of motives other then pure hostility
(sports)

Question 3

neural and chemical

Answer 3

amygdala associated w aggressive behaviour, when activated- animals aggress
-> emotional reactivity , prejudice
serotonin ->inhibit aggresive impulses
testosterone-> associated w aggression
-high testosterone in prisoners convicted of violent crimes
-perceived tougher by other prisoners

Question 4

alcohol and aggression

Answer 4

alcohol: disinhibitor & increases likelyhood of antisocial behav
alcohol consumption and aggressio
alcohol myopia: alcohol clouds our ability to bahve in rational way : focus on immediate cues rather then long term consequece
level of intoxication correlates with severity of aggression
‘think drink effect ‘ - expectation of effect on alcohol
People act drunk if they believe their drink contains alcohol

Question 5

the culture of honour

Answer 5

members strong concern about their own/others reputations, sensitivity to insults and willingness to use violence to avenge perceive wrong
->self protection norms

Question 6

situational factor

Answer 6

1) temperature
higher temp more likely to be aggressin , link between temp and violent crimes
increased temp leads to incresed murders and assaults
2) frustration
closer to a goal, greater the aggression. inrecase aggression when frustration unexpected
-> relative deprivation: feeling that we are less than we deserve
3) competition: thinking competitively incresed aggressive behaviour
4) cues: aggressive stimulus- object whose mere presence can increase the probs of aggression

Question 7

experiment aggresive stimulus

Answer 7

P’s interacted w gun or childrne’s toy
Ps that interacted w gun: increased testosterone and were likely to behave aggressively
(added more hot sauce)

Question 8

social learning theory

Answer 8

bobo dollstudy
kids see adults play w toy either aggressive or not, kids play they imitated the model for both physicl and verbal aggression

Question 9

video games and aggression

Answer 9

stronger effect w indv in dispositional anger
role of desensitisation
no exposure to violent video game+violence=strong effect in increased heart rate
exposure to violent video game + violence= no increased heart rate
->evidence of habituation / desensitisation to aggression

Question 10

study of desensitization

Answer 10

violent video game grp: 71 s to help, severity 5.9

control grp: 16 s to help, 6.4 severity