Aggression Flashcards
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Aggression
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- hostile, injurious, or destructive actions
- unprovoked
- tending towards violence
- accounts of aggression: instinctive biological urge, by product of evolution, biology, learned behavior
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Aggression: Limbic System
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- influence endocrine and autonomic nervous system
- emotion, fight or flight response
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Aggression: Testosterone
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- produced in males and females
- aggressive behavior increases testosterone levels
- influences development
- has a host of influences throughout life
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Aggression: Serotonin
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- neurotransmitter
- lower levels produce more aggressive behavior
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Aggression: Drugs
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- alcohol
- opiates increase aggressive behavior
- mechanisms not well understood
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Aggression: Wide Cultural Variations
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- Utkuhikhalik (Utku): aggression is largely unacceptable among adults
- Buddhism: peace and nonviolence as a core value
- Wester Society: values aggressive behavior
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Aggression: Learning
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- Bandura’s “bobo” doll
- modeling aggressive behavior
- watching more TV correlates with aggressive behavior, desensitization, and fear of victimization
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Effects of Violent TV: Murray Study
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- many studies show that viewing TV violence increases aggression
- can see the effects at the level of brain activation
- showed children violence and nonviolent videos
- there was a major difference in areas associated with memory formation, motor planning, arousal and attention
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Frustration-Aggression
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- frustration: reaction to being prevented from reaching a goal
- always leads to aggression and sometimes to withdrawal and depression
- probably too simple
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Aggression and Generalized Arousal
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- arousal from one source may carry over into aggressive behavior
- excitation transfer
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Seasonal Aggression
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- tend to be more violent crimes in the summer
- due to temperature and contact
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Aggression and Crowding
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- crowded conditions increase aggressive behavior
- arousal, stress, types of interactions
