Aggression Flashcards
What is the prime motive of hostile aggression?
To injure an opposing player
What will an aggressive player do?
Disrupt the team’s performance and spoil the cohesion of the group
What is assertive behaviour?
Aggression which does not attempt to harm and is strictly within the rule of play
What is assertion?
Channelled aggression
What does assertion focus on?
Forceful play, primarily focused upon completing the skill successfully.
What is the major aim of assertion?
The successful completion of the task
Who created the instinct theory?
Freud
What does the instinct theory propose?
That aggression is genetically inherited. A trait of violence lies within everyone
Who created the social learning theory?
Bandura
What does the social learning theory of aggression propose?
Aggression is nurtured through environmental forces.
It can be learned by watching and copying from role models, becoming an accepted mode of behaviour if reinforced.
Likely to occur if part of social and cultural norms of group
Who created the frustration aggression hypothesis?
Dollars
What does the frustration aggression hypothesis propose?
Environmental circumstance stimulating a personality gene.
Frustration develops when goal directed behaviour is blocked.
Frustration triggers the aggressive gene.
Who created the aggression cue hypothesis?
Berkowitz
What does the aggression cue hypothesis propose?
Frustration creates readiness for aggression which is only triggered when a provocative environmental cue is present.
Aggressive cues such as perceived unfairness, the oppositions shirt or the nature of the game will trigger aggression if arousal among participants is high.
What is the process (flow chart) of the frustration aggression hypothesis?
Drive to goal
Obstacle to goal, this leads to furstration
Frustration turns immediately to aggression
This can be either punished or there is success from the aggression
If it is punished it can lead to further aggression
If there is success it will lead to catharsis
