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24 Cards in this Set
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Freud's Theory of Aggression
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Aggressive Drive is Inborn
Aggression sprang from a self-destructive impulse. It redirects toward others the energy of a primitave death urge ("death instinct). |
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Lorenz Theory of Aggression
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Saw agression as adaptive rather than self destructive.
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What did freud and Lorenz agree about aggression?
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aggressive energy is instinctual
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Aggression due to Social Learning
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Proposed by Albert Bandura
we learn agression by observing others -Came up with the Bobo Doll Experiment |
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Bobo Doll Experiment
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a child observes an adult beating the bobo doll with a mallet, while yelling
after observing the outburst the child was then frustrated by something the experimenter said, those who had observed the agressive behavior were more likely to beat the bobo doll with the mallet |
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Explain Relative Deprevation
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First observed During WWII in studying the satisfaction felt by american soldiers
air corps members were unsatisfied with rate of promotion |
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Impact of TV on Agression
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we all think we are deprived relative to what we see on TV
Hennigan (1982) analyzyed crime rates crime rates went up in cities were and when TV's were introduced |
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Mullen (1986) Study on Mobs
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-Analyzed info for 60 lynchings
-discovered that the greater number of people in a lynch mob, the more vicious the murder and mutilation |
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Why is the "Hydraulic Model" wrong?
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The "Hydraulic Model" of agression, in which pent up emotions should be released is WRONG
People who think viewing pornogrophy helps release vent up urges are missinformed, for places where there is a lot of pornogrophy also have a high rape rate same with places were there was a war, the murder rate goes up after the war |
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Agression Reduction As Per Myers
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-dont frustrate people, and they wont get agressive
-reward cooperative non-agressive behavior -Death penalty does not work to deter crime -to foster a gentler world, model and rewar sensitivity and cooperation from an early age -teach parents to DISCIPLINE WITHOUT VIOLENCE -reduce brutal dehumanizing portrayals in films and on TV -monitor TV watching |
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Secure Attachment Children
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-7 in 10 children
-play comfortably in their mothers presence -if she leaves, they become distressed, when she returns they run to her and hold her, then relax and return to playing |
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Secure Attachment Adults
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-find it easy to get close to others
-don't worry about getting too dependent or being abandoned -enjoy sexuality within the context of a secure, committed realtionship -relationships tend to be satisfying and enduring |
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Preoccupied Attachment (anxious-ambivilant)
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-positive expectations of others, but a sense of their own unworthiness
-infants are more likely to cling tightly to their mother. If she leaves, they cry, when she comes back they may be indifferent or hostile |
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Preoccupied Attachment (anxious-ambivilant)
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-less trusting
-more possessive and jealous -break up repeatedly with the same person -when discussing conflicts, they get emotional and often angry |
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Dismissing or Fearful Attachment
(2 different kinds characterized by avoidant) Children |
-people have negative views of others
-infants, although internally aroused, they reveal little distress during seperation or clinging upon request |
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Dismissing or Fearful Attachment
(2 different kinds characterized by avoidant) Adults |
-tend to be less invested in relationships and more likely to leave them
-more likely to have one night stands |
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Reciprocity Norm
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-Alvin Gouldner (1960)
-To those who help us, we should return help, not harm -universal -ex: mail surveys include money, a gift, etc. |
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Wells and Coleagues (2002)
Missinformation Effect |
-Confident witnesses are more believable by juries
-seen by convictions that were overturned by DNA evidence -only works if: -person is distinctive looking -how long the person was seen |
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How Juries are Influnced
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-Physical Attractiveness: people judge the more attractive as less guilty
-Similarity to the Jurors: people judge less harshly, convict less, if they are the same race, or share something in common (language, etc) Education level as it relates to the crime Characteristics of the victim |
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Two Factor Theory
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-Developed by Schachter and Singer
-a reved up man will missatribute some of thier arousal to her -the bridge experiment |
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Sternbergs Theory of Love
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3 Ends of the Love Triangle
-Intimacy, Passion, Decision/Commitment |
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Neural Influences of Agression
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Certain areas of the brain facilitate agression--as shown by when the are activated and deactivated
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Genetic Influences of Agression
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animals can be bred for agressiveness
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Biochemical Influences
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-alcohol can increase agression
-higher testosterone, higher agression -low seratonin= low impulse control |
