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Chapter 12 Experiments and Voc
Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It?
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/19/2008

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Aggression
Definition
Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person
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Hostile Aggression
Definition
Aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain
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Instrumental Aggression
Definition
Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain
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Eros
Definition
The instinct toward life, posited by Freud
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Thanatos
Definition
According to Freud, and instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions
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Amygdala
Definition
an area in the core of the brain that is associated with aggressive behaviors
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Serotonin
Definition
A chemical in the brain that may inhibit aggressive impulses
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Testosterone
Definition
A hormone associated with aggression
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Frustration-Aggression Theory
Definition
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
Definition
An object that is associated with aggressive responses and whose mere presence can increase the probability of aggression
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Social Learning Theory
Definition
The idea that we learn social behavior by observing others and imitating them
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Scripts
Definition
Ways of behaving socially that we learn implicitly from our culture
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Catharsis
Definition
The notion that "blowing off steam"-by performing an aggressive act, watching others engage in aggressive behaviors, or engaging in a fantasy of aggression-relieves built-up aggressive energies and hence reduces the likelihood of further aggressive behavior
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis (Dollard and Miller)
Definition
1. experience b/c of blocked goal
2. leads to intigation to aggress
3. If outward then it may be direct or displacement.
4. If inward then might be suicide.
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Frustration-aggression hypothesis Revised (Berkowitz, 1989)
Definition
1. Experience aversive event
2. which has a negative affect
3. This can lead to fight or flight which is dependent on higher-order cognitive processing.
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