Chapter 11 Aggression

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aggression

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behavior intended to harm another individual

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proactive aggression

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(instrumental aggression) aggression whereby harm is inflicted as a means to a desired end; personal gain, attention or self defense

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reactive aggression

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(emotional aggression) aggressive behavior where the means and the end coincide; harm is inflicted for its own sake; impulsive, carried out in the heat of the moment

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social learning theory

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the theory that behavior is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments.

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cycle of violence

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the transmission of domestic violence across generations

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frustration-aggression hypothesis

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the idea that (1) frustration always elicits the motive to aggress and (2) all aggression is caused by frustration

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displacement

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aggressing against a substitute target because aggressive acts against the source of the frustration are inhibited by the fear or lack of access.

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catharsis

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a reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined, observed, or actual act of aggression

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weapons effect

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the tendency that the likelihood of aggression will increase by the mere presence of weapons

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hostile attribution bias

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the tendency to perceive hostile intent in others

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rumuination

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in the context of aggression, rumination involves repeatedly thinking about and reliving an anger-inducing event, focusing on angry thoughts and feelings, and perhaps even planning or imagining revenge

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desensitizaion

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reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus

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cultivation

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the process by which the mass media (particularly television) construct a version of social reality to the public

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pornigraphy

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explicit sexual material