ch 13: aggression

Question 1

hostile aggression

Answer 1

behaviour that is motivated by feelings of anger and hostility where the primary aim is to harm someone either physically or psychologically.

Question 2

instrumental aggression

Answer 2

behaviour that is intended to harm another in the service of motives other than pure hostility

Question 3

what are some situational factors that might lead to aggression

Answer 3

• hot weather
• media violence
• violent video games
• social rejection and aggression

Question 4

why is hot weather a factor of aggression?

Answer 4

people are aroused by the heat and when something small happens that triggers them, they take out this arousal on someone else which increases feelings of anger and leads to aggression.

Question 5

why is media violence a factor of aggression?

Answer 5

• there is so much violent acts in everything we see on television and social media. Since almost age 12 children have seen over 100,000 acts of violence.

Question 6

what is an example of how violent video games can lead to aggression or worse?

Answer 6

violent video games and the columbine massacre

(a kid created a video game and him and his brother went to a school in Columbia and killed 12 classmates, a teacher and injured 23 other students before killing themselves)

Question 7

why is social rejection a factor of aggression?

Answer 7

social rejection does activate a “threat defence system” which can lead to aggression.

Question 8

dehumanization

Answer 8

unleashes aggression because it’s easier to harm people when they seem less human (for example: in the Rwandan genocide, the hutus referred to the tutsi’s as a “cockroaches”).

Question 9

what is included in Culture and Aggression

Answer 9

• culture of honour
• rape-prone cultures

Question 10

what is culture of honour?

Answer 10

where people care about their reputations and if they’re insulted they will use violence to avenge themselves

Question 11

what are rape-prone cultures?

Answer 11

this is where rape tends to be used as an act of war, as a ritual act, or a way for men to keep women obedient to them.

Question 12

what does evolution and aggression involve?

Answer 12

• more in men than women
• men are more aggressive because they fight for mates
• men are more aggressive sometimes because they feel the need to prove their manhood

Question 13

what are ways to avoid conflict and create peacemaking

Answer 13

• complex reasoning
• distancing yourself from the conflict itself (but thats lame)