Section 1 Flashcards
Antisocial behavior
Acts that cause harm (physical, psychological or loss of property) to others
Delinquent/ criminal behavior
It violates the law, it’s different per country and varies over time
Conduct disorders
Overlap with Antisocial Behavior and includes problems that do not cause harm
Agent
An act is aggressive if the actor intended to inflict harm on another → intentionality
Act
Psychometric approach and considering the function of the behavior → socio-interactional
Psychometric approach
Instances that share factor space
Socio-interactional approach
Overt antisocial behaviors are aversive behaviors whose function is to change the interactional context they are contingent
Coercive antisocial behavior
Antisocial behavior to achieve something you want
Coercive actions
Imply intentions guided by expectations of immediate results
Trait
Dynamic and flexible dispositions resulting from integration of specific habits, express characteristic modes of adaptation to one’s surrounding
Trajectory
Events that develop according to an orderly sequence that carry on to a final result, identifying longitudinal trajectories of aggressive behavior is highly predictive
Risk factors
Conditions in the individual or environment that predict an increased likelihood of developing a problem, such as AB
Protective factors
Conditions in the individual or environment that counter the risk factors or increase resistance to them, inhibit the development, might compensate for risk factors