Aggression

Question 1

aggression

Answer 1

behavior meant to harm someone who doesn’t want to be harmed

Question 2

emotional/implusive aggression

Answer 2

aggression with little forethought. Determined mostly by impulsive emotions

“heat of the moment”

Question 3

instrumental/cognitive aggression

Answer 3

planned and intentional aggression

Question 4

how alcohol increases aggression (3)

Answer 4

1. disrupts executive functions
2. become more self focused and less socially aware
3. influences aggression through expectations
   
   • if we think we are aggressive drunk we will be

Question 5

alcohol myopia

Answer 5

getting drunk decreases amount of info you can process

Question 6

displaced aggression

Answer 6

negative emotions caused by one persons trigger aggression toward different person

retaliating against innocent person
do this when we can’t retaliate against original frustration

Question 7

catharsis

Answer 7

doing less harmful aggressive actions to reduce aggressive behavior later

ex. punching a pillow

Question 8

Bobo doll experiment

Answer 8

• albert bandura

- children learned aggressive behavior

Question 9

_____ self esteem then you are more aggressive

Answer 9

high

-want to protect inflated concept

Question 10

high ____ concern the you are more aggressive

Answer 10

self concern

Question 11

hostile aggression

Answer 11

goal is to cause suffering for victim

Question 12

direct aggression

Answer 12

derived from aggressor, aimed at victim

Question 13

indirect aggression

Answer 13

not clearly derived from aggressor, victim is unclear

Question 14

expressive view of aggression

Answer 14

aggression is used to express anger and reduce stress

Question 15

excitation transfer theory

Answer 15

-dolph zillmann
Def: arousal at one point can transfer to aggression late

Ex. working out then getting into a fight

Question 16

Frustration Aggression Hypothesis

Answer 16

• frustration causes us not to enjoy reward
• aggression directed at frustration
• displacement if can’t reach source of frustration

Question 17

displaced aggression

Answer 17

when we can’t act on original source so we pick easier one

Question 18

aggression is learned by (2)

Answer 18

1. limitation

2. reinforcement

Question 19

General Aggression Model (GAM) states

Answer 19

two inputs trigger blatant aggression

1. factors related to situation
2. individual factors

Question 20

ways to reduces aggression (3)

Answer 20

1. punishment (not the best)
2. modeling non aggression
3. training with problem solving and conflict resolution