Aggression

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aggression

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Behaviour intended to harm another individual.

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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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cultivation

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The process by which the mass media (particularly television) constructs a version of social reality for the public.

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cycle of violence

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The transmission of domestic violence across generations.

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desensitization

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Reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus.

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displacement

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

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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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hostile attribution bias

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The tendency to perceive hostile intent in others.

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pornography

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Explicit sexual material.

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proactive aggression

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Aggressive behaviour whereby harm is inflicted as means to a desired end (also called instrumental aggression)

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reactive aggression

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Aggressive behaviour where the means and the end coincide; harm is inflicted for its own sake.

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rumination

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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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social learning theory

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

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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.