Social Psychology (Aggression) Flashcards
Aggressive behavior
1) Aimed @ someone
2) Intent to HARM
3) Verbal or shown physically
Assertive behavior
Intend to play with high energy within RULES of game
Types of hostile behavior
1) Hostile
2) Instrumental
3) Relational
Hostile aggression
- Intent to harm = cause suffering
- Anger
Instrumental aggression
- Intent to harm = For +RE
- To Win
- No anger
Relational aggression
- Intent to harm = social ostracism, malicious rumors
- Goal to cause psychological pain
- CAN be anger
Theories of aggression
- Instinct theory
- Social learning theory
- Reformulated FAD Theory
- Moral reasoning theory
Instinct Theory
- Aggression = INNATE BIOLOGICAL DRIVE
- “instinct” (sex and survival) => “catharsis” (a release)
- Sport socially accepted
Social learning theory
- Aggression = LEARNED BEHAVIOR
- Learned thru MODELING
- +RE = promotes aggression
- (-)RE = Eraseses aggression
Reformulated FAD Theory
-Frustration - a blocked goal
- Aggression - Result of frustration
- Displacement - Aggression stimulus stimulated
(Tries to take it out on something else)
-Combines social and instinct theories
Moral Reasoning theory
- Willingness to aggress depends on LEVEL of MORAL reasoning
* *Sport participation can STUNT moral development**
Collective aggression
Showing aggression as a group
Stylized aggression
-Choreographed;fake (WWE)
Realistic aggression
-Means exactly what it means
(ESSAY Q) Research conclusions regarding COLLECTIVE AGGRESSION
1) OBSERVING aggression INCREASES COLLECTIVE AGGRESSION (in males especially)
2) Collective aggression INCREASES when fans see aggressive ATHLETES not RECEIVING -RE
3) Fans develop sense of ANONYMITY
4) Group behavior leads to DISINHIBITION
