Aggression and violence

Question 1

Type of aggression aimed at hurting someone

Answer 1

Hostile aggression

Question 2

Type of aggression used for a goal e.g. in self defence or to gain something

Answer 2

Instrumental aggression

Question 3

Describes aggression types including combating prejudice

Answer 3

Positive aggression

Question 4

Type of aggression purely for the sake of being violent

Answer 4

Pathological aggression

Question 5

Readily observable aggression

Answer 5

Overt aggression

Question 6

Subtle aggression e.g. spreading rumours, excluding someone

Answer 6

Covert aggression

Question 7

Developed the psychodynamic/hydraulic theory of aggression

Answer 7

Freud

Question 8

Death instinct in the psychodynamic theory of aggression

Answer 8

Thanatos

Question 9

Life instinct in the psychodynamic theory of aggression

Answer 9

Eros

Question 10

Process of discharging energy in order to feel calm in the psychodynamic theory of aggression

Answer 10

Catharsis

Question 11

Developed the sociobiological theory of aggression

Answer 11

Lorenz

Question 12

Animal Lorenz based his study on when developing his theory of aggression

Answer 12

Birds

Question 13

Theory that suggests aggression is a result of a person’s ‘death instinct’ forcing them to direct aggressive acts against their external environment to avoid self-destruction

Answer 13

Psychodynamic theory

Question 14

Theory that suggests aggression is instinctual and occurs in response to biological stimuli, and is needed within the animal kingdom to ensure stronger genes are selected

Answer 14

Sociobiological theory

Question 15

Theory that suggests aggression can be learned by observation

Answer 15

Social learning theory

Question 16

Pioneered the social learning theory and demonstrated this theory using the bobo doll experiments

Answer 16

Bandura

Question 17

Suggested the cognitive neoassociation theory of aggression/aggressive cue theory

Answer 17

Berkowitz

Question 18

Suggested the frustration aggression hypothesis

Answer 18

Dollard

Question 19

Theory that suggests frustration does not automatically produce aggression but a readiness to respond aggressively - once that readiness is there then cues in the environment (such as knives lying nearby) can trigger aggressive behaviour

Answer 19

Aggressive cue theory/cognitive neoaggression theory

Question 20

Theory that people in a group can act more aggressively in order to assert a sense of belonging

Answer 20

Festinger’s deindividuation theory

Question 21

Percentage of women who have experienced intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime

Answer 21

33%

Question 22

Strongest predictor of future sexual violence

Answer 22

Past sexual violence

Question 23

Parental factors which increase the risk of child abuse

Answer 23

History of abuse against them

Substance misuse

Question 24

Child factors which increase the risk of child abuse

Answer 24

Younger age
Persistent crying
Additional needs e.g. chronic physical illness, disabilities