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16 Cards in this Set
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Aggression
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behavior directed toward the goal of harming another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment
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Drive Theories (of aggression)
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aggression stems from external conditions that arouse the motive to harm or injure others
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General Affective Aggression Model
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a modern theory of aggression suggesting that aggrestion is triggered by a wide range of input variables
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Frustration-Aggression hypothesis
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the suggestion that frustration is a very powerful determinant of aggression
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Provocation
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actions by others that tend to trigger aggression in the recipient, often because they are perceived as stemming from malicious intent
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Displaced Aggression
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Aggression against someone other than the source of strong provocation
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Excitation Transfer Theory
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a theory suggesting that arousal produced in one situation can persist and intensify emotional reactions occurring in later situations
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Type A behavior pattern
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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
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aggression in which the prime objective is inflicting some kind of harm on the victim
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Instrumental Aggression
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aggression in which the primary goal is not harm to the victim but attainment of some other goal, such as access to valued resources
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Bullying
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a pattern of behavior in which one individual is chosen as the target of repeated aggression by one or more others
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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
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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
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