Lecture 6 Flashcards
All violent behaviour is __________.
Aggressive.
What is the difference between aggression and violence?
Aggression - perpetrated or attempted physical or psychological
Harmful. Not always a crime.
Violence - destructive physical aggression.
What are the two types of aggression?
- hostile
- instrumental
What is hostile aggression?
Goal is to make the victim suffer. Homocides & rapes.
What is instrumental aggression?
Competition or desire for object. No intent to ahem unless there is interference. Robbery.
What are the personal tendencies towards violence?
- genetic predisposition
- physiological influence
- learning history
What are situational tendencies towards violence?
- environmental stress
- cognitive reasoning
- opportunity
What is the ethnological theory?
- aggression in animals and humans is inherited
- aggression important for survival and mating
What is the frustration aggression theory?
- the existence of frustration always leads to some form of
aggression. - aggression is always aimed at the source of frustration.
What does aggressive behaviour depend on? (Frustration-aggression hypothesis)
- learning history
- interpretation of an event
- response to frustration
- presence of aggression-eliciting stimuli
What are the four steps in the cognitive-neoassociation model?
- Aversive event
- Negative effect (discomfort)
- Unpleasant feeling
- Cognition mediate the course of action
Why is makeup sex so good? And what theory does it support
- excitation transfer theory
- aggression is facilitated by arousal
- if you are aroused and something happens you are more
Likely to be aggressive.
What are three types of models? (In social learning factors)
- family members
- subculture
- symbolic models in mass media
What are the two cognitive models of aggression?
- Cognitive script - social behaviour is controlled by things
similar to Schemas. - Hostile attribution model - those prone to violence are more
likely to interpret things as hostile
and threatening.
What are the four pieces in the general aggression model?
- Perception
- Expectation
- Knowledge / beliefs
- Ability to respond effectively.
What are the three factors that interrelate to create or reduce aggression? (i3 theory).
- instigating triggers
- impelling forces
- inhibiting forces
What are reactive agressions?
- temper tantrums
- vengeful hostility
What are proactive agressions?
- bullying
- domination
- teasing
- coercive tactics
What are the gender differences in aggression?
Boys - physical aggression
Girls - relational aggression
What are some examples of aggression in the media that we are subject to? (Could be a potential risk factor)
- television/ movies
- violent video games
- copycat effect (sees a school shooting on the news or saw dad
hit mom.)
