Chapter 10 Flashcards
Bullying, harassing, or
threatening someone using
electronic communication such
as texting, online social
networks, or email
cyberbullying
Physical or verbal behavior
intended to hurt someone.
In laboratory experiments,
this might mean delivering
supposed electric shocks or
saying something likely to hurt
another’s feelings
aggression
Hurting someone else’s body
physical aggression
Hurting someone else’s
feelings or threatening their
relationships. Sometimes called
relational aggression, it includes
cyberbullying and some forms
of in-person bullying.
social aggression
Aggression that springs from
anger; its goal is to injure.
hostile aggression
Aggression that aims to injure,
but only as a means to some
other end.
instrumental aggression
An innate, unlearned behavior
pattern exhibited by all
members of a species.
instinctive behavior
The blocking of goal-directed
behavior
frustration
The theory that frustration
triggers a readiness to aggress.
frustration-aggression
theory
The redirection of aggression to
a target other than the source of
the frustration. Generally, the
new target is a safer or more
socially acceptable target.
displacement
The perception that one is less
well off than others with whom
one compares oneself.
relative deprivation