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Aggression
Social Psychology Exam 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is aggression? | any form of behavior intended to cause harm |
| what is hostile aggression? | the goal is to inflict pain |
| what is instrumental aggression? | aggression is a means to some other end |
| what are manifestations of aggression? | physical, verbal, relational, direct and indirect aggression |
| what is relational aggression/ social aggression? | intent to cause harm but to relationships |
| what is direct aggression? | aggression is directed at the target of anger/frustration |
| what is indirect aggression? | redirection to the target other than the source of frustration |
| what are the theories of aggression? | biological, psychological, social, cultural and social psych |
| what does the theory of aggression say about biological? | its in the brain, instincts, alcohol, testosterone, and genes |
| what does the theory of aggression say about psychological? | narcissism, frustration-aggression theory and revised frustration-aggression theory |
| what is narcissism? | inflated view of self |
| what is the frustration-aggression theory? | frustration elicits motive to agress |
| what is the revised frustration- aggression theory? | frustration produces anger which leads to aggression |
| what does the theory of aggression say about social? | social learning and socialization |
| what is the social learning theory (banduras version) | we learn behavior by observing, imitating, by being rewarded/punished |
| how does socialization/modeling create aggressive behaviors? | creates a cycle of abuse/violentization |
| why does media influence aggression? | creates arousal, disinhibition and imitation |
| what is disinhibition? | viewing violence can make it seem more normal |
| how does social psych create aggressive behaviors? | (aversive situations = unpleasant so more likely to agress) pain / attack, temperature, and crowding |
| how can you reduce aggression? | by catharsis and social learning approach |
| what is catharsis? | emotional release. typically acting aggresively or fantasizing about aggression. |
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