Chapter 14 - Aggression Flashcards
What are the two types of aggression?
Hostile & Instrumental
Hostile aggression?
is emotional, impulsive, driven by pain, distress, threats, or discomfort. Usually intends to hurt
Instrumental aggression
is deliberately planned, however the aggressor is not personally involved with the person being hurt
What is violence?
Violence is the expression and intentional use of physical force against one or more people
What is the 3 measures in the General Aggression Model?
cognitive
affective
arousal
Biological: Testosterone effect on aggression
‘helps aggression to happen’ and it appears that testosterone increases as a result of aggression
Biological: Serotonin effect on aggression
- People with low levels of serotonin are easily frustrated and tend to be impulsive
Name the two case studies associated with serotonins effect on aggression?
- Brown et al. (1979) compared an aggressive group of marines with a control group and found significant negative correlation between aggression and serotonin
- Bernhardt (1997) suggested that it is a combination of low serotonin and high testosterone that leads to aggression
Biological: Frontal Lobe lesions effect on aggression
- Grafman et al. (1996) looked at Vietnam veterans with frontal lobe injuries. Veterans with lesions consistently demonstrated violence scale scores significantly higher than controls.
- Raine et al. (1994) completed PET scan on murderers who had pleaded not guilty for a reason of insanity
Flaming
mutual denigration
Harassment
recurrent insults
Denigration
spreading rumours
Outing and Trickery
blaming
Exclusion impersonation
taking on different identity
Happy slapping
publishing embarrassing/ compromising pictures or movies
