Aggression Flashcards
Deindividuation
loss of identity / responsibility within a crowd = stripped inhibitions = more likely to be violent
Daly and Wilson (1988)
men develop - retention strategies - violent behaviours in order to threaten prevention of cuckoldry
importation model
dispositional exp - for institutionalised aggression - predeveloped normative behaviours - not situational
Bandura (1963a)
BOBO doll
- SLT
- ROLE MODELS
- OUTCOME EXPECTANCY
Innate releasing mechanism
ethological exp - all same species same IRM = sensory recognition circuits = fixed aggressive actions take place
Bandura 1961
SLT - CHILDREN IMITATION
Vicarious reinforcement
role model = reinforced for behaviour = observer is indirectly reinforced
Archer (1991)
low positive correlation between aggression and testosterone
frustration aggression
frustration = anger = aggression = catharsis
- aggression also = frustration
Scerbo and Raine (1993)
meta-analysis = low levels of serotonin and aggression - more impulsive - stripped inhibitions
Limbic system
satisfies emotionally charged behaviour = impaired hippocampal function - amygdala responds inappropriately - serotonin inhibits AMY = low S = A
McCorckle Et al 1995
situational institution exp
- overcrowding/ lack of privacy
Monoamine Oxidase A
- MAOA
- NT regulating enzyme
- cause of S fluctuations
- gene for poor / no MAOA = creates aggression
Mann (1990)
only measure men - T = Aggression beta bias
- no women measured - other causal factors
negative inducement
male jealousy threat of violence towards partner/ towards sexual rival
Dabbs 1987
criminal T levels
- high = violent
- low = less violent crime
Challenge hypothesis
relationship between T and mating contexts = T = adaptive - mate guarding
Brunner 1993
Dutch family - all violent aggressive = all low MAOA = 5 men urine - inherited
Fixed Action Pattern
predisposed actions of aggression - sequential pattern coordinated by IRM
Buss (1988)
mate retention strategies produced in order to prevent cuckoldry - direct guarding - reducing partners autonomy - monitoring and negative inducements.
Cognitive Priming
STM media violence
- becomes mentally acceptable
- aggressive memory pathways activated
Lea (1983)
FAPs in animals
- Stereotyped
- Universal
- innate
- ballistic
- specific triggers
Desensitisation
anxiety about aggression - inhibits
- media violence = less anxiety
= more likely to be violent
Huesmann 2003
longitudinal study
- 557 kids (6-10ages)
- habitual media violence exposure - predicts adult violent behaviour
