Social Psych Chap 10 Test 3

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aggression

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behavior directed toward the goal of harminganother living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment aimed at a live recipiant

a behavior-something we DO

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examples of aggression/not aggression

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not punching a wall, sports, self harm,

EX forced suicide

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Hostile aggression

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aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain

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instrumental aggression

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aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain

EX punching a wall

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Drive theories

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aggression helps to reduce drive state such as frustration

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Catarsis

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part of Instinct Theory. incest energy into object or event which creates an emotional release that stop aggression, such as working out

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frustration aggression hypothesis

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frustration always elecits the motive to become aggressive and all aggression is caused by frustration

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displacement

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aggression against a substitue target will stop frustration

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social learning

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Bandura. aggression is an imitated form of social behavior (we learn to become aggressive by watching others)

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modeling

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part of social learning. behviors that are learned or copied from real or symbolic models

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Bandura, Ross and Ross

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1961. "Bobo Doll" study--aggression against a bobo doll, let kids play with toys then takes them out, researcher punches dolls, then put them back in and kids go straight for the bobo doll

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line cutting behavior

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both males and females are aggresive to a female cutting in line

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damned woman driver effect

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women receive more honks than men (from both female and male drivers

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helping behavior

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more likely to help women than men

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general arousal

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more likely to become aggressive

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excitation transfer theory and EX

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arousal generated in one context may transfer and intensify a subsequent emotional state

EX people punching after being pumped up after a roller coaster when arousal is high

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Long hot summer effect

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as temperature increases in urban settings, all types of violent crimes also increase

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negative effect theory

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Baron. noxious stimuli (noise, heat) cause a negative emotional response that may increase aggression

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model of incompatible responses

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some beaviors are mutually exclusive (engaging in one behavior precludes in an opposite behavior

EX humor is incompatible with anger

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deindividuation

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state of anonymity that may produce a decrease in inhibition against deviant behavior

ie feel like the focus isno on you, you are more likely to be deviant

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zimbardo deindividuation experiment

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study between aggression and deindivuation. shocking people who were regular and who looked KKK with , was easier to be aggressive when hiding

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baiting behavior

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crowd encourages aggression

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**Mann bainr behavior study

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used archival research (draw on newspapers) in 1981, researched 21 cases of attempted suicide from buildings and in 10 cases people urged person to jump

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Baiting behavior increases when

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during evening hours, if person was between the 6th and 12th floors of a building (the higher up you are, the more deindividualized they are), during summer months

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forensic statistics and baiting behavior

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murderer and victim are acutances in many homicides

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assertiveness

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behavior intended to hurt someone without face to face confrontation

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direct aggression

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behavior intended to hurt someone to his or her face

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indirect aggression

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behavior intended to hurt someone withut face to face confrontation

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emotional aggression

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hurtful behavior that stems from angry feelings

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excitation transfer theory

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theory that anger is physiologically similar to other emotional states and that any form of emotion arousal can enhance aggressive responses

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type A behavior pattern

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group of personality characteristics, including time urgency and competitiveness, that is associated with higher risk for coronary disease

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relative deprivation

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feeling that one has less than the others to whom one campares oneself

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weapons effect

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tendency for weapons, such as guns, to enhance aggressive thoughts, feelings, and actions

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psychopath

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individual characterized by impulsivity, irresponsibility, low empath, grandiose self worth, and lack of sensitivity to punishment. such as individuals are inclined toward acting violently for personal gain

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meta analysis

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statistica combination of results from different studies of the same topic

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differential parental inestment

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principle that animals making higher investment in their offspringj (female as compared to male mammals for instance) will be more careful in choosing mates

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sexual selection

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form of natural selection favoring characteristics that assist animals in attracting mates or competing with members of their own sex

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culture of honor

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set of societal norms whose central idea is that people (particularly men) should be ready to defend their honor with violent retaliation if neccesary

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defensive attributional style

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tendency to notice threats and interpret other peoples behavior as intended to do one harm

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effect/danger ratio

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assessment of the likely beneficial effect of aggressiveness balanced against the likely dangers

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four functions aggression serve

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1.coping with feelings of annoyance

2. gain material and social rewards

3. gain or maintain social status

4. protect oneself or members of ones group

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frustration aggression hypothesis

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theory that aggression is an automatic response to any blocking of goal directed behavior

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reformulated frustration aggression hypothesis

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theory that any unpleasant situation will lead to emotional aggression to the extent that it generates unpleasant feelings

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excitation transfer theory

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theory that anger is physiologically similar to other emotional states and that any form of emotional arousal can enhance aggressive responses

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cognitive neoassociation theory

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theory that any unpleasant situation triggers a complex chain of internal events, including negative emotions and negative thoughts. depending on other cues in the situation (such as weapons) these negative feelings will be expressed as either aggression or flight

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social learning theory

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theory that aggresion is learned through direct reward or by watching others being rewarded for aggressiveness

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traits of a Type A

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Hard workers but more conflicts with subbordinates, more likely to drive aggressively, drive fastermore likely to use cell phones, more likely to have serious traffic accidnt

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psychopaths failure to learn from punishment is linked to

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neurological deficits in the amygdala and orbital frontal cortex

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alcohol myopia

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a narrow focus of attention on whatever seems most important to the person at that moment, which could cause date rape

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approaches to examine effects of multimedia

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1. correlational studies

2. experimental studies

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violence correlational studies

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ask whether watching more violence on a day to day basis is associated with acting more violently (yes)

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violent experimental studies

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randomly assign some participants to one or more doses of violent media and compare their reactions to those of people exposed to similar doses of nonviolent media

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conclusions from pornography study

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there is a relationship between mens hostility toward women and the use of pornography. the more violent, the more violence against women

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links between testosterone and social behavior

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1. in boys aged 9-11, higher testosterone levels are associated with more aggressive behaviors

2. prison inmates with high testosterone levels are more confrontational with prison authorities and crimes committed more violent

3. in 4462 military veterans, those with high testosterone levels more likely to have had trouble with the law, been more violent and had more sex partners

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culture of honor traits

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1. likely to take potentailly fatal risks

2. favor more militant responses to terrorism

3. (more popular in the south)

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features that might contribute towards self defensive aggression

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attributional style and one's relative size and strength

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little kid psychopaths features

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1. tendency to be overly eotional

2. tendency to believe that others are threatening them

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approaches to reducing agression

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1. trying to teach people to teach people to control their thoughts

2. rewarding non aggressiveness

3. legal punishment

4. gun control

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stages for controlling thoughts to reduce aggression

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1. preparing for provocation

2. confronting the provocation

3. coping with the arousal and agitation

4. reflecting on the provocation

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goal of coping with feelings of annoyance person traits

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1. general physiological arousal

2. Type A tendencies toward time urgency and competitiveness

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gaining material and social rewards person traits

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1. psychopathic tendencies

2. low empathy

3. alcohol intoxication

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gaining or maintaining social status

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1. gender

2. testosterone

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protecting oneself or others person traits

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1. denfensive attributional bias

2. effect/danger ratio

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the theories of aggression

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1. Hostile and Instramental Aggression

2. Drive theories

3. Social learning