Social explanations

Question 1

Frustration Aggression Hypothesis

Answer 1

Frustration is a negative feeling we experience when we are blocked from achieving a goal we want, aggression is a response to this feeling as it acts as a release

Question 2

Who proposed the frustration aggression hypothesis

Answer 2

Dollard

Question 3

Factors influencing if frustration will cause aggression

Answer 3

1. Proximity to the goal-the closer to the goal we are when we are blocked, the more aggression we will feel
2. If aggression will remove the barrier

Question 4

Research support-Harris

Answer 4

Found that the closer people were to the front in a queue when they were cut in line, the more likely they were to be aggressive

Question 5

Limitations

Answer 5

-Can only explain contextual aggression
-Cant explain why all frustration doesn’t lead to aggression
-Overlooks biological factors.

Question 6

Social Learning theory

Answer 6

-We learn aggression like other social behaviours-through observing a role model being reinforced for a behaviour we will experience vicarious reinforcement encouraging us to imitate it

Question 7

Mediating processes in SLT

Answer 7

-Attention, retention, motivation, reproduction

Question 8

Slt-Guerra

Answer 8

Found children in violent areas with more exposure to violence were more likely to show aggression