Aggression; Chapter 12 of Social Psychology
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| Aggression | Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person.
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| Hostile Aggression | Aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain.
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| Instrumental Aggression | Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain.
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| Eros | The instinct toward life, posited by Freud.
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| Thanatos | According to Freud, an instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions.
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| Amygdala | An area in the core of the brain that is associated with aggressive behaviors.
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| Serotonin | A chemical in the brain that may inhibit aggressive impulses.
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| Testosterone | A hormone associated with aggression.
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| 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.
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| Aggressive Stimulus | An object that is associated with aggressive responses (e.g., a gun) and whose mere presence can increase the probability of aggression.
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| Social Learning Theory | The idea that we learn social behavior (e.g., aggression) by observing others and imitating them.
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| Scripts | Ways of behaving socially that we learn implicitly from our culture.
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| 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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