Agression Flashcards

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What are the causes of agression?

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Event importance
cues triggers from the environment
innate (can’t help)
retailiation to an incident
nature of the game
copying behaviour
frustration poor performancd
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What is aggression?

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Aggression is defined as any behaviour that is intended to harm another individual by physical or verbal means -bull

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What are the two categories of aggression?

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Hostile (goal) and channelled aggression/assertion (instrumental)

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What is hostile aggression?

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outside the rules and an attempt to harm

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What is channelled aggression?

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Does not attempt to harm an opponent
within the laws and spirit of the game
involved forceful, robust functional play
chief aim is the successful completion of task
parents (1987£ non/ hostile self protective mastery behaviour
example- fair but strong rugby tackle

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What is instinct theory?

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trait
biological drive
fight for survival
sport is a challened agression
gives a catharsis release
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What are the positives of instinct theory?

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aggression does seem natural
aggression is hard to control therefore might be
some are consistently aggressive- pre determined
predictable in some people
some people are commonly aggressive- a trait
people do exepreicne catharism- when aggression related different person

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What are the negatives of instinct theory?

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not all people- hard to determine
numerous cultures that are not aggressive
simplistic model- basic
highly generalise- high generalisations- sterotypes
aggression does have environemntally stimuli
aggression copied- vicarious
can be provoked
people are capable to unlearn aggression

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What is the social learning theory?

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leanring through modelling can be taught

role of experience

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what are the positives of social learning?

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its strong
people react differently because of different social conditioning
helps to explain environmental requirements for aggressive behaviour
considers roles of others and parents
it gives responsibility to people- instint is inherited
people become less aggressive over time

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What are the negatives of social learning?

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ignores traits
it doesn’t state specifically which cues lead to aggression
doesn’t consider why people do different things in same situation- different responses

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What is the frustration aggression hypothesis ?

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dollars theory, suggests aggression is all about a goal being blocked
when this drive to succeed is always blocked ti alway leads to frustration
always lead to aggression
if aggression is successful- leading closer to goal
relate of catharsis. the action of aggression aim at aching to achieve
if aggression is resulted in bad behaviour- returns to punishment, returns to frustration- cyclical catastrophe

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What are the positives of frustration agression hypotheiss?

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more realistic than social learning theory
goal blocking is evident in sport- some people dont succeed
catharsis does occur- be evident
link frustration and aggression- prevent or limit it identify it
coaches can manage aggression

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What are the negatives of the frustration agression hypothesis?

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frustration doesn’t always= aggression
have frustration without aggression- silent
aggression is often learned in people
unpunished aggression does not always equal catharsis- dont all have catharsis release
ignores traits/personality
goal blocking does not always lead to frustration

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What is the aggressive cue hypothesis?

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an environmental q leads to an increase in arousal, when arousal goes up- no aggressive q present (no object)- decreased aggressive tendency to be aggressive
with an aggressive q- presence of a hockey stick
tendency for aggression goes up

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What are the positives of the aggressive cue hypothesis?

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aggressive cue might eb a person- nature of the game/hockey stick
explains environment
explains nature of environmental influence- specifically aggressive cue
also states aggressive cues are individual- for me are you are different to one another
explains why frustration doesn’t always lead to aggression as aggressive cue might not be there

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What are the negatives of aggressive cue hypothesis ?

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people do get aggressive without cues
very complex- the people are different
ignores traits

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What is an exsample of aggressive cue hypothesis?

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A tennis player experiences high levels of srosual because of poor performance (frustration) and the improve makes a perceived unfair call (environmental cue) the tennis player may become aggressive (racket abuse or verbally abusing umpires)

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Why should agression be eliminated from sport?

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Optimises performance allows for better concentration and tram cohesion. Hill (2000) confirms no evidence to suggest aggressive behaviour improves sport

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How can agression be eliminated?

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Lower arousal- cognitively- lower arousal reducing the importance of a game
tennis player calms down when angry about losing a point saying it doesn’t matter
somatic/physical- physically relax or take deep breaths
cognitive- imagery or mental rehearsal
attentional control/ blocking out distraction
punish/ use negative feedback
educate- make clear consequences of agression
removal/ remo se agression
reinforce non agression

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what is instrumental?

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within the rules, intent to perform the skill but harm is a bike product. bouncer in a cricket objective to aim at cricketer but not harm

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what is assertion?

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robust play, within the rules no intent to harm

23
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what is assertion?

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robust play, within the rules no intent to harm