Ch. 12 Aggression

Question 1

aggression

Answer 1

intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm or psychological pain to another person

Question 2

hostile aggression

Answer 2

aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain or injury

Question 3

instrumental aggression

Answer 3

aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain

Question 4

frustration-aggression theory

Answer 4

the theory that frustration- the perception that you are being prevented from attaining a goal- increases the probability of an aggressive response
-frustration does not men an aggressive response will occur but it is likely

Question 5

aggressive stimulus

Answer 5

an object that is associated with aggressive responses (ex. a gun) and whose mere presence can increase the probability of aggression

Question 6

scripts

Answer 6

ways of behaving socially that we learn implicitly from our culture

Question 7

catharsis

Answer 7

the notion that “blowing off steam” by performing a verbally of physically aggressive behaviors, or engaging in fantasy or aggressive relieves built-up aggressive energies and hence reduces the likelihood of further aggressive behavior

• stems from Freud’s psychoanalytic idea of aggressive impulses
• most common way to justify pain on others is to dehumanize them