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Ch 11: Aggression. Part 3: Nov. 28 , 2011. Media & Aggression: Porn. Difficult to research this area – different definitions (‘explicit sexual material’) Distinguish violent & nonviolent porn Effects of learning ‘sexual scripts’ Rape myths research –what does it show?
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Ch 11: Aggression Part 3: Nov. 28, 2011
Media & Aggression: Porn • Difficult to research this area – different definitions (‘explicit sexual material’) • Distinguish violent & nonviolent porn • Effects of learning ‘sexual scripts’ • Rape myths research –what does it show? • Desensitization to brutality
Does violent porn provoke aggression? • Combo of arousal, aggression, & negative emotions • Donnerstein’s research – • 1) differences in male-to-male aggression versus male-to-female aggression • 2) Howrape is depicted is crucial in influencing viewer’s later aggression • Results?
Violence w/Intimate Partners • Sexual coercion research – • Links w/alcohol • Changes in perceptions/behaviors • Pre-existing attitudes
Newly researched forms of aggression • Road rage • Aronson’s proposal for ‘apology signal’ • Cyberbullying • Efforts to stop bullying in Norway that reduced it by 50%:
Reducing Aggression: Punishment • For punishment to work, must be: • Prompt • Relatively strong • Consistent • …but potential for retaliation • …what does social learning theory imply?
Incompatible Responses • Baron – induce a response incompatible w/anger • Study w/confederate stopping at red light, waits for 15 sec after green light • What % of cars behind the confed will honk? • What were the different conditions? • What were the results?