Chapt 11

Front 1

Aggression

Back 1

behavior directed toward the goal of harming another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment

Front 2

Drive Theories (of aggression)

Back 2

aggression stems from external conditions that arouse the motive to harm or injure others

Front 3

General Affective Aggression Model

Back 3

a modern theory of aggression suggesting that aggrestion is triggered by a wide range of input variables

Front 4

Frustration-Aggression hypothesis

Back 4

the suggestion that frustration is a very powerful determinant of aggression

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Provocation

Back 5

actions by others that tend to trigger aggression in the recipient, often because they are perceived as stemming from malicious intent

Front 6

Displaced Aggression

Back 6

Aggression against someone other than the source of strong provocation

Front 7

Excitation Transfer Theory

Back 7

a theory suggesting that arousal produced in one situation can persist and intensify emotional reactions occurring in later situations

Front 8

Type A behavior pattern

Back 8

a pattern consisting primarily of high levels of competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility

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Type B behavior pattern

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a pattern consisting of the absence of characteristics associated with the type A behavior pattern

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Hostile Aggression

Back 10

aggression in which the prime objective is inflicting some kind of harm on the victim

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Instrumental Aggression

Back 11

aggression in which the primary goal is not harm to the victim but attainment of some other goal, such as access to valued resources

Front 12

Bullying

Back 12

a pattern of behavior in which one individual is chosen as the target of repeated aggression by one or more others

Front 13

Workplace Aggression

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any form of behavior through which individuals seek to harm others in their workplace

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Punishment

Back 14

procedures in which aversive consequences are delivered to individuals when they engaged in specific actions

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Catharsis Hypothesis

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the view that providing angry persons with an opportunity to express their aggression impulses in relatively safe ways will reduce their tendencies to engage in more harmful forms of aggression

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Incompatible Response Technique

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a technique for reducing aggression in which individuals are exposed to events or stimuli that cause them to experience affective states incompatible with anger or aggression