Psychology Flashcards
Violence
Aggression that is intended to cause extreme Injury
Aggression
Behaviour that is Intended to Injure someone physically or psychologically
Hostile aggression
Harm doing that arises out if negative emotions such as anger frustration or hatred
Instrumental aggression
Harm doing that is motivated by goals other than hurting the target such as obtaining something of value
Relational aggression.
Behaviour that is intended to damage another persons peer relationships
General aggression model
A broad theory that conceptualizer aggression as the result of a chain of psychological processes including situational events aggressive thoughts as feelings and interpretations of the situation.
Frustration aggression hypothesis
The twin propositions that frustration always leads to some form of aggression and frustration is the only side of aggression
Displaced aggression
Harm doing that is directed at someone or something that was not the actual source of frustration
Catharsis
The idea that aggression behaviour releases people’s pent up frustration and reduces the likelihood or subsequent aggression
Excitation transfer
The idea that physiological arousal from sources other than frustration or anger can be linked to anger related thoughts and cognitions thereby increasing aggression
Social learning theory
An approach proposing that humans learn many kinds if responses including aggressive ones by observing others, observations shows people both how to perform a behaviour and whether that behaviour will be rewarded or punished
Cognitive neo association model of aggression
A theory of harm doing proposing that aversive events activate the schemas for fight or flight which elicit the emotions of anger and fear. Whether people respond with aggression or escape depends in the pattern of cues in the situation
Trait aggressiveness
A disposition that represents how likely people are to respond to provocations with aggression
Aggression questionnaire
A scale that measures individual differences in trait aggressiveness
Executive functioning
High order cognitive processing that organizes and coordinates lower level elements of behaviour such as planning and monitoring progress toward goals.
