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Social Psych Stangor
Chp 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aggression | behavior intended to harm another person; physical or nonphysical |
| amygdala | core area of human brain that helps us learn to associate stimuli with rewards/punishments they provide. when stimulated, in humans or animals, they become more aggressive |
| catharsis | the (generally false) idea that engaging in less harmful aggressive actions will reduce tendency to aggress later in more harmful way |
| cognitive/instrumental aggression | intentional and planned, aimed at hurting someone to gain something; ex: hitman; first degree murder |
| culture of honor | social norm that condones and even encourages responding to insults with aggression |
| desensitization | tendency,when we have seen large amounts of aggression, to become habituated to it; such that the subsequent exposures produce fewer and fewer negative emotional responses |
| emotional/impulsive aggression | occurs with only small amount of forethougt or intent, and is determined by impulsive emotions |
| non-physical aggression | does not involve physical harm to the other; ex: criticizing and rumors |
| prefrontal cortex | part of brain that serves as control center for aggression |
| serotonin | neurotransmitter found to inhibit aggression |
| testosterone | male sex hormone, which relates to aggression |
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