SOCIAL-PSYCH EXP OF AGG : INSTIT AGG EVAL Flashcards

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

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+ supporting research [ camp and gaes ]

- altenrative explanation [ dilulio ]

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there is ______ _______ for institutional aggression

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supporting research

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who conducted supporting research for insit agg?

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Camp and Gaes

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who did Camp and Gaes study?

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

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what were the two conditions for Camp and Gaes research?

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half placed in low-security cali prisons

other half placed in second-highest category of prisons

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what were the findings of Camp and Gaes research?

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

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what does Camp and Gaes research show?

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

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how is Camp and Gaes research strong evidence?

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it is a field experiment with random allocation of inmates

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what are field experiment more valid than?

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reach more valid conc than correlational studies of natural experiments

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how can Camp and Gaes research be criticised?

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

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there is an ______ ___ for importation model of agg

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alternative explanation

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who created the alt exp to importation model?

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Dilulio

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what did Diluilo claim?

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that importation model in inadeq exp of agg

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why did Diluilio say important exp was inadequate?

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

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what did Dilulio propose?

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administrative control model (ACM)

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what is the ACM?

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

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how did Dilulio characterize poor management?

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

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what does the alt exp to importation model decrease?

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

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what are 2 eval points for situational exp of agg?

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+ research support [ cunningham et al ]

- contradicting research [ hensley et al ]

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what does research support for situational exp show?

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

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who conducted supporting research for situational exp?

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Cunningham et al

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what did Cunningham et al do?

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

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

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due to drugs, homosexual relationships and personal possessions

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what does Cunningham et al’s research increase?

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

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how can Cunningham et al's research be criticised?
low cultural validity as it was in Texas
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a weakness of the deprivation model is that..
it has contradicting research
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what does contradicting research for situational exp show?
deprivation model that predicts lack of freedom and heterosexual contacts should lead to high level of agg behaviour when it doesn't
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who has contradictory research for deprivation model?
Hensley et al
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what did Hensley et al do?
study 256 male and female inmates of 2 prisons in Mississippi, where conjugal visits were accepted
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what did Hensley et al's research show?
no link between involvement of visits and reduced aggressive behaviour
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contradictory shows...
situational factors do not affect prison vio and decreases internal valid