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Social Psych Ch.12
Aggression; Chapter 12 of Social Psychology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aggression | Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person. |
| Hostile Aggression | Aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain. |
| Instrumental Aggression | Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain. |
| Eros | The instinct toward life, posited by Freud. |
| Thanatos | According to Freud, an instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions. |
| Amygdala | An area in the core of the brain that is associated with aggressive behaviors. |
| Serotonin | A chemical in the brain that may inhibit aggressive impulses. |
| Testosterone | A hormone associated with aggression. |
| Frustration-Aggression Theory | The idea that frustration - the perception that you are being prevented from attaining a goal - increases the probability of an aggressive response. |
| Aggressive Stimulus | An object that is associated with aggressive responses (e.g., a gun) and whose mere presence can increase the probability of aggression. |
| Social Learning Theory | The idea that we learn social behavior (e.g., aggression) by observing others and imitating them. |
| Scripts | Ways of behaving socially that we learn implicitly from our culture. |
| Catharsis | The notion that "blowing off steam" - performing an aggressive act, watching others engage in aggressive behaviors, engaging in fantasy of aggression - relieves built-up aggressive energies and hence reduces the likelihood of further aggressive behavior. |
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