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Agression Flashcards

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aggression

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physical or verbal behavior to harm

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direct aggression

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physical, active

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indirect aggression

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cyberbullying, verbally, passive

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hostile aggression

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direct, I don’t like person –> punch him

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relational aggression

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intend to harm a relationship

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institutional aggression

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prison, army

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instrumental aggression

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aggression in order to achieve a goal

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nature-nurture controversy

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debate about whether genetic or environmental factors determine human behavior

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instinct

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innate drive or impulse, genetically transmitted; 40% genes, 60% environment

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hormones

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Explanation

high testosterone, low cortisol

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fighting instinct

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innate impulse to aggress which ethologists claim is shared by humans with other animals

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frustration-aggression hypothesis

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aggression comes from frustration

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excitation-transfer model

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expression of aggression is a function of learnt behavior some excitation from another source, and the person’s interpretation of the arousal state

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learning by direct experience

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acquiring a behavior because we were rewarded for it

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learning by vicarious experience

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

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type A personality

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
“coronary-prone” personality: a behavioral correlate of heart disease characterized by striving to achieve, time urgency, competitiveness and hostility

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sociocultural theory

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

sex differences in behavior are determined by evolutionary history rather than society

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sexual selection theory

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
psychological gender differences are determined by individuals’ adaptions to restrictions based on their gender in their society; also social role theory

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catharsis

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
dramatic release of pent-up feelings: the idea that aggressive motivation is “drained” by acting against a frustrating object (or substitute), by a vicarious experience

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cathartic hypothesis

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

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

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disinhibition

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
breakdown in the learnt controls (social mores) against behaving impulsively or aggressively; for some people, alcohol has a disinhibiting effect

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dehumanization

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

stripping people of their dignity and humanity

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collective aggression

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

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

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weapons effect

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

mere presence of weapon increases aggressive use of it

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environmental factors

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heat, crowding, blood pressure

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genreal aggression model

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
(Anderson) includes personal and situational factors’ and cognitive and affective processes in accounting for different kinds of aggression

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desensitization

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS
serious reduction in a person’s responsiveness to material that usually evokes a strong emotional reaction, such as violence or sexuality (mass media)

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neo-associationist analysis

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

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abuse syndrome

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

factors of proximity, stress and power –> cycle of abuse in families

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institutionalized aggression

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PERSONAL & SITUATIONAL VARIATIONS

aggression given formal/informal recognition & social legitimacy by being incorporated into rules and norms

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