SOCIAL-PSYCH EXP OF AGG : INSTITUTIONAL AGG

Question 1

define institution

Answer 1

a large scale organisation that impacts whole of society e.g. school, religion and government

Question 2

what are the two explanations we must remember when it comes to social-psych factors for aggression?

Answer 2

dispositional explanation

situational explanation

Question 3

what is the dispositional explanation and who made it?

Answer 3

the importation model created by Irwin and Cressey

Question 4

what is the situational explanation and who created it?

Answer 4

deprivation model and Clemmers created it

Question 5

summarise the dispositional explanation

Answer 5

willingness to use violence in prisons, importing behaviour from outside world

Question 6

Irwin and Cressey argue that…

Answer 6

prisons are not isolated from everyday life

Question 7

Irwin and Cressey say that prisoners…

Answer 7

bring subculture typical of criminality such as beliefs, norms and values, attitudes, gender, race and class

Question 8

why do prisoners import behaviour into prisons according to Irwin and Cressey?

Answer 8

to negotiate their way through unfamiliar and frightening environment

Question 9

why do prisoners negotiate their way through prisons?

Answer 9

to establish power, influence, status and gain access to resources

Question 10

Irwin and Cressey say that aggression is a product of…

Answer 10

individual characteristics, not the environment

Question 11

who has supporting research for the dispositional explanation?

Answer 11

DeLisi

Question 12

who did DeLisi study?

Answer 12

813 juvenile delinquents and their dispositional factors

Question 13

give examples of dispositional factors that DeLisi studied?

Answer 13

childhood trauma, increased anger and irritability, substance abuse, violent behaviour

Question 14

what were the juvenile delinquent DeLisi studied more likely to do?

Answer 14

to be suicidal or engage in sexual misconduct in comparison to those with less dispositional factors

Question 15

summarise the situational explanation of agg

Answer 15

the prison environment deprives prisoners leading to aggression

Question 16

prison leads to…

Answer 16

stress and prisoners cope with aggression and violence

Question 17

why do prisoners cope with aggression and violence according to Clemmers?

Answer 17

because of a lack of freedom, independence, goods and services and lack of heterosexual intimacy

Question 18

a _____ to acquire ____ leads to increased aggression

Answer 18

a competition to acquire resources leads to increased aggression

Question 19

prison regime according to Clemmers is…

Answer 19

unpredictable with lock ups

Question 20

the prison regime being unpredictable leads to prisoners being…

Answer 20

frustrated and less stimulated as they have no activity and less access to good

Question 21

Clemmers would say that violence is…

Answer 21

an adaptive solution to deprivation

Question 22

who has supporting research for situational explanation of agg?

Answer 22

Steiner

Question 23

what did Steiner study?

Answer 23

512 prisons in theUS, and what factors lead to agg

Question 24

what did Steiner find as common within prisons?

Answer 24

higher inmate v inmate conflict if higher proportion of female officers, african-american inmates or inmates in protective custody