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Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It? Chapter 12. What Is Aggression?. Aggression Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person. What Is Aggression?. Instrumental Aggression Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain. .
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Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People? Can We Prevent It? Chapter 12
What Is Aggression? Aggression Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person.
What Is Aggression? Instrumental Aggression Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain. Hostile Aggression Aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain.
Changes in Aggression Across Time In a given culture, changing social conditions frequently lead to striking changes in behavior. For example, aggressiveness from previously peaceful people can come about when social change increases competition.
Gender and Aggression Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) demonstrated that boys appear to be more aggressive than girls: Among boys, there was far more “nonplayful” pushing, shoving, and hitting
Does Culture Make a Difference? In one study, teenagers from 11 countries read stories involving conflict and were asked to write their own endings. In every country, young men showed greater tendency toward violent.
Social Situations and Aggression Frustration and Aggression Frustration-Aggression Theory
Aggressive Objects as Cues Aggressive Stimulus
Imitation and Aggression Children frequently learn to solve conflicts aggressively by imitating adults and their peers, especially when they see that the aggression is rewarded. Social Learning Theory
Imitation and Aggression • Bandura’s basic procedure was to have an adult knock around a plastic, air-filled “Bobo” doll
Effects on Children By the time the average American child finishes elementary school, he or she would have seen 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 other acts of violence. 58% of all TV programs contain violence—and of those, 78% contain not a shred of remorse, criticism, or penalty for that violence.
What About Adults? • The amount of time spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood correlates positively with likelihood of subsequent violent acts against others.
The Numbing Effect of TV Violence Does Violence Sell?
Does punishing aggression reduce aggressive behavior?Catharsis and aggressionThe effect of war on general aggressionWhat are we supposed to do with our anger?