Aggression

Question 1

Deindividuation

Answer 1

loss of identity / responsibility within a crowd = stripped inhibitions = more likely to be violent

Question 2

Daly and Wilson (1988)

Answer 2

men develop - retention strategies - violent behaviours in order to threaten prevention of cuckoldry

Question 3

importation model

Answer 3

dispositional exp - for institutionalised aggression - predeveloped normative behaviours - not situational

Question 4

Bandura (1963a)

Answer 4

BOBO doll
- SLT
- ROLE MODELS
- OUTCOME EXPECTANCY

Question 5

Innate releasing mechanism

Answer 5

ethological exp - all same species same IRM = sensory recognition circuits = fixed aggressive actions take place

Question 6

Bandura 1961

Answer 6

SLT - CHILDREN IMITATION

Question 7

Vicarious reinforcement

Answer 7

role model = reinforced for behaviour = observer is indirectly reinforced

Question 8

Archer (1991)

Answer 8

low positive correlation between aggression and testosterone

Question 9

frustration aggression

Answer 9

frustration = anger = aggression = catharsis
- aggression also = frustration

Question 10

Scerbo and Raine (1993)

Answer 10

meta-analysis = low levels of serotonin and aggression - more impulsive - stripped inhibitions

Question 11

Limbic system

Answer 11

satisfies emotionally charged behaviour = impaired hippocampal function - amygdala responds inappropriately - serotonin inhibits AMY = low S = A

Question 12

McCorckle Et al 1995

Answer 12

situational institution exp
- overcrowding/ lack of privacy

Question 13

Monoamine Oxidase A

Answer 13

• MAOA
• NT regulating enzyme
• cause of S fluctuations
• gene for poor / no MAOA = creates aggression

Question 14

Mann (1990)

Answer 14

only measure men - T = Aggression beta bias
- no women measured - other causal factors

Question 15

negative inducement

Answer 15

male jealousy threat of violence towards partner/ towards sexual rival

Question 16

Dabbs 1987

Answer 16

criminal T levels
- high = violent
- low = less violent crime

Question 17

Challenge hypothesis

Answer 17

relationship between T and mating contexts = T = adaptive - mate guarding

Question 18

Brunner 1993

Answer 18

Dutch family - all violent aggressive = all low MAOA = 5 men urine - inherited

Question 19

Fixed Action Pattern

Answer 19

predisposed actions of aggression - sequential pattern coordinated by IRM

Question 20

Buss (1988)

Answer 20

mate retention strategies produced in order to prevent cuckoldry - direct guarding - reducing partners autonomy - monitoring and negative inducements.

Question 21

Cognitive Priming

Answer 21

STM media violence
- becomes mentally acceptable
- aggressive memory pathways activated

Question 22

Lea (1983)

Answer 22

FAPs in animals
- Stereotyped
- Universal
- innate
- ballistic
- specific triggers

Question 23

Desensitisation

Answer 23

anxiety about aggression - inhibits
- media violence = less anxiety
= more likely to be violent

Question 24

Huesmann 2003

Answer 24

longitudinal study
- 557 kids (6-10ages)
- habitual media violence exposure - predicts adult violent behaviour