Aggression

Question 1

Aggression

Answer 1

behavior intended to harm another of the same species

Question 2

nature-nuture controversy

Answer 2

classic debate whether genetic or environmental factors determine human behavior

Question 3

Excitation Transfer Model

Answer 3

The expression of aggression is a function of learnt behavior, some excitations from another source and the persons interpretation of the arousal state such as aggressive response seems appropriate

Question 4

Hate Crimes

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a class of violence against members of a stereotyped minority group

Question 5

Social Learning Theory

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zhe view championed by Bandura that human social behavior is not innate but learnt from appropriate models

Question 6

Learning by direct experience

Answer 6

acquring a behavior bc we were rewarded for it

Question 7

learning by vicarious experience

Answer 7

acquring a behavior after observing that another person was rewarded for it

Question 8

Type A personality

Answer 8

a behavioral correlate of heart disease characterized by striving to achieve, time urgency, competitiveness and hostility (Feindselichkeit)

Question 9

Catharsis

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a dramatic release of pent-up feelings, the idea that aggressive motivation is ‘‘drained’’ by acting against a frustrating object or by vicarious experience

Question 10

Catharic hypothesis

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The notion that acting aggressively or even just viewing aggressive material, reduces feeling of anger and aggression

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Disinhibition

Answer 11

A breakdown in the learnt controls against behaving impulsively or aggressively
-> for some ppl alcohol has an disinhibiting effect

Question 12

Deindividuation

Answer 12

process whereby ppl loose their sense of socialized individual identity and engage in unsocialized, often antisocial behavior

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Dehumanization

Answer 13

stripping ppl of their dignity and humanity

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Collective aggression

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unified aggression by a group of individuals who may not even know one another, against another individual or group

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General Aggression Model

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Andersons model that includes both, personal and situational factors and cognitive and affective processes in accounting for different kinds of aggression

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Subculture of Violence

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a subgroup in society in which a higher level of violence is accepted in the norm

Question 17

Machismo

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a code in which challenges, abuse and even differences of opinion must be met with fists or even weapon

Question 18

Desensitization

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a serious reduction in a persons responsiveness to material that usually evokes a strong emotional reaction, such as violence or sexuality

Question 19

Neo-associationist analysis

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a view of aggression according to which mass media may provide images of violence to an audience that later translate into antisocial acts

Question 20

Priming

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activation of accessible categories or schemas in memory that influence how we process information

Question 21

Weapons Effect

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The mere presence of a weapon increases the probability that it will be used aggressively

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Milligram explanation of aggression

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ordinary ppl can feel agents of the state and carry out orders that harm others (if voice of authority seems legit)

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Sherif explanation of aggression

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Large scale conflict depends on nature of intergroup relations, discriminatory acts against an outgrip will flourish only when the objective interests of ones own group are threatened

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Bond explanation of aggression

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both individual and social levels of aggresion

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Tajfel explanation of aggression

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group-centred approach, the existence of in-groups lays the foundation for prejudice/discrimination/conflict