SOCIAL-PSYCH EXP OF AGG : INSTIT AGG EVAL

Question 1

what are 2 evaluation points for the dispositional explanation of aggression?

Answer 1

+ supporting research [ camp and gaes ]

- altenrative explanation [ dilulio ]

Question 2

there is ______ _______ for institutional aggression

Answer 2

supporting research

Question 3

who conducted supporting research for insit agg?

Answer 3

Camp and Gaes

Question 4

who did Camp and Gaes study?

Answer 4

561 male inmates who have similar criminal histories and predisposition to aggression

Question 5

what were the two conditions for Camp and Gaes research?

Answer 5

half placed in low-security cali prisons

other half placed in second-highest category of prisons

Question 6

what were the findings of Camp and Gaes research?

Answer 6

33% low-sec and 36% in high-sec involved in agg misconduct within 3 years, not statistically significant

Question 7

what does Camp and Gaes research show?

Answer 7

shows that features of the prison environment are less important that predictors of aggression behind individual characteristics

Question 8

how is Camp and Gaes research strong evidence?

Answer 8

it is a field experiment with random allocation of inmates

Question 9

what are field experiment more valid than?

Answer 9

reach more valid conc than correlational studies of natural experiments

Question 10

how can Camp and Gaes research be criticised?

Answer 10

low population validity because it is in a individualist culture in California and has beta bias as it only study males

Question 11

there is an ______ ___ for importation model of agg

Answer 11

alternative explanation

Question 12

who created the alt exp to importation model?

Answer 12

Dilulio

Question 13

what did Diluilo claim?

Answer 13

that importation model in inadeq exp of agg

Question 14

why did Diluilio say important exp was inadequate?

Answer 14

because it ignores the roles of prison officials and factors relating to the running of prisons

Question 15

what did Dilulio propose?

Answer 15

administrative control model (ACM)

Question 16

what is the ACM?

Answer 16

poorly managed prisoners more likely to have more serious inmate violence e.g. homocides and rioting

Question 17

how did Dilulio characterize poor management?

Answer 17

weak and indecisive leadership, thriving culture of informal/unofficial rules, distant staff and few opportunity for edu

Question 18

what does the alt exp to importation model decrease?

Answer 18

the internal validity of dispositional exp as other factors are more determining than inmate characteristics

Question 19

what are 2 eval points for situational exp of agg?

Answer 19

+ research support [ cunningham et al ]

- contradicting research [ hensley et al ]

Question 20

what does research support for situational exp show?

Answer 20

individual-level factors reliable predictors, but there is research showing situational variables are influential

Question 21

who conducted supporting research for situational exp?

Answer 21

Cunningham et al

Question 22

what did Cunningham et al do?

Answer 22

analysed 35 inmate homicides in Texas prisons found motivations linked to deprivation

Question 23

what did Cunningham et al find about reasons for inmate homicides?

Answer 23

due to drugs, homosexual relationships and personal possessions

Question 24

what does Cunningham et al’s research increase?

Answer 24

the internal validity because factors predicted by model make agg more likely

Question 25

how can Cunningham et al’s research be criticised?

Answer 25

low cultural validity as it was in Texas

Question 26

a weakness of the deprivation model is that..

Answer 26

it has contradicting research

Question 27

what does contradicting research for situational exp show?

Answer 27

deprivation model that predicts lack of freedom and heterosexual contacts should lead to high level of agg behaviour when it doesn’t

Question 28

who has contradictory research for deprivation model?

Answer 28

Hensley et al

Question 29

what did Hensley et al do?

Answer 29

study 256 male and female inmates of 2 prisons in Mississippi, where conjugal visits were accepted

Question 30

what did Hensley et al’s research show?

Answer 30

no link between involvement of visits and reduced aggressive behaviour

Question 31

contradictory shows…

Answer 31

situational factors do not affect prison vio and decreases internal valid