PSY204 Aggression

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Difficult to operationally define at it is partly shaped by societal and cultural norms.

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What are some proposed definitions for aggression?

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Defines a theorietical term in a way that allows it to be manipulated.

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Innate drive or impulse, genetically transmitted.

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Innate death instinct.

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Behaviour is genetically determined and is controlled by natural selection.

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What are two compentents that contribute towards ethology?

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Specific stimuli in the environment thought by ethologists to trigger aggressive responses.

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An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a while to survive.

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An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a whole to survive.

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In the context of aggression, theories that emphasise an innate component, though not the existence of a full-blown instinct.

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Through the biosocial theories view of instinct, what concepts share this view?

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Theory that all frustration leads to aggression, and all aggression comes from frustration. Used to explain prejudice and intergroup aggression.

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The expression of aggression is a function of learnt behaviour, some excitation from another source, and the person’s interpretation of the arousal state.

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The view championed by Bandura that human social behaviour is not innate but learnt from appropriate models.

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Components of Social learning theory.

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Acquiring a behaviour because we were rewarded for it.

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Acquiring a behaviour after observing that another person was rewarded for it.

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Tendency for a person to reproduce the actions, attitudes and emotional responses exhibited by a real-life or symbolic model. Also called observational learning.

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A schema about an event.

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A sense of having less than we feel entitled to.

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Sherif’s theory of intergroup conflict that explains intergroup behaviour in terms of the nature of goal relations between groups.

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Descriptions of the nature of people’s close relationships, thought to be established in childhood.

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The ‘coronary-prone’ personality – a behavioural correlate of heart disease characterised by striving to achieve, time urgency, competitiveness and hostility.

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Psychological gender differences are determined by individuals’ adaptations to restrictions based on their gender in their society. Also called social role theory.

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Sex differences in behaviour are determined by evolutionary history rather than society.

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A dramatic release of pent-up feelings: the idea that aggressive motivation is ‘drained’ by acting against a frustrating object (or substitute), or by a vicarious experience.

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The notion that acting aggressively, or even just viewing aggressive material, reduces feelings of anger and aggression.

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A breakdown in the learnt controls (social mores) against behaving impulsively or, in this context, aggressively. For some people, alcohol has a disinhibiting effect.

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Process whereby people lose their sense of socialised individual identity and engage in unsocialised, often antisocial, behaviours.

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Stripping people of their dignity and humanity.

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Unified aggression by a group of individuals, who may not even know one another, against another individual or group.

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Sex-stereotypical attributes of a person.

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What contributes towards cultural variation of aggression?

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Norms whose origin is part of the tradition of a culture.

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A culture that endorses male violence as a way of addressing threats to social reputation or economic position.

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A subgroup of society in which a higher level of violence is accepted as the norm.

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A code in which challenges, abuse and even differences of opinion must be met with fists or other weapons.

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A serious reduction in a person’s responsiveness to material that usually evokes a strong emotional reaction, such as violence or sexuality.

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Anderson’s model that includes both personal and situational factors, and cognitive and affective processes in accounting for different kinds of aggression.

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Aggression that is given formal or informal recognition and social legitimacy by being incorporated into rules and norms.

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What profressions are considered to use instutionalised aggression?

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How do we reduce aggression in families?

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How do we reduce aggression at an interpersonal level?

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How do we reduce aggression at a societal level?

PSY204 - Week 12 - Aggression - Chapter 12 - Practice quiz

PSY204 Aggression

Difficult to operationally define at it is partly shaped by societal and cultural norms.

What are some proposed definitions for aggression?

Defines a theorietical term in a way that allows it to be manipulated.

Innate drive or impulse, genetically transmitted.

Innate death instinct.

Behaviour is genetically determined and is controlled by natural selection.

What are two compentents that contribute towards ethology?

Specific stimuli in the environment thought by ethologists to trigger aggressive responses.

An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a while to survive.

An extension of evolutionary psychology that views complex social behaviour as adaptive, helping the individual, kin and the species as a whole to survive.

In the context of aggression, theories that emphasise an innate component, though not the existence of a full-blown instinct.

Through the biosocial theories view of instinct, what concepts share this view?

Theory that all frustration leads to aggression, and all aggression comes from frustration. Used to explain prejudice and intergroup aggression.

The expression of aggression is a function of learnt behaviour, some excitation from another source, and the person’s interpretation of the arousal state.

The view championed by Bandura that human social behaviour is not innate but learnt from appropriate models.

Components of Social learning theory.

Acquiring a behaviour because we were rewarded for it.

Acquiring a behaviour after observing that another person was rewarded for it.

Tendency for a person to reproduce the actions, attitudes and emotional responses exhibited by a real-life or symbolic model. Also called observational learning.

A schema about an event.