Aggression and violence Flashcards
Type of aggression aimed at hurting someone
Hostile aggression
Type of aggression used for a goal e.g. in self defence or to gain something
Instrumental aggression
Describes aggression types including combating prejudice
Positive aggression
Type of aggression purely for the sake of being violent
Pathological aggression
Readily observable aggression
Overt aggression
Subtle aggression e.g. spreading rumours, excluding someone
Covert aggression
Developed the psychodynamic/hydraulic theory of aggression
Freud
Death instinct in the psychodynamic theory of aggression
Thanatos
Life instinct in the psychodynamic theory of aggression
Eros
Process of discharging energy in order to feel calm in the psychodynamic theory of aggression
Catharsis
Developed the sociobiological theory of aggression
Lorenz
Animal Lorenz based his study on when developing his theory of aggression
Birds
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
Psychodynamic theory
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
Sociobiological theory
Theory that suggests aggression can be learned by observation
Social learning theory
Pioneered the social learning theory and demonstrated this theory using the bobo doll experiments
Bandura
Suggested the cognitive neoassociation theory of aggression/aggressive cue theory
Berkowitz
Suggested the frustration aggression hypothesis
Dollard
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
Aggressive cue theory/cognitive neoaggression theory
Theory that people in a group can act more aggressively in order to assert a sense of belonging
Festinger’s deindividuation theory
Percentage of women who have experienced intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime
33%
Strongest predictor of future sexual violence
Past sexual violence
Parental factors which increase the risk of child abuse
History of abuse against them
Substance misuse
Child factors which increase the risk of child abuse
Younger age
Persistent crying
Additional needs e.g. chronic physical illness, disabilities
