PACE week 2

Understanding Aggression: Key Points

• Aggression is prevalent in various settings and underlies social issues such as family violence, war, and societal violence.
• The definition of aggression involves behavior directed towards causing harm, with a proviso that the target must be motivated to avoid the behavior.
• Violence is a form of extreme harm-driven aggression.
• Male animals are more likely to display aggressive behavior, as per studies by Lorenz and Elbestfeldt.
• Clinical psychology interventions for aggression include conflict and anger management, therapeutic approaches for domestic violence, and violence.
• Cognitive psychology delves into neural networks, information processing, and the cognitive neo-association theory to understand the development of aggressive tendencies.
• Developmental psychology highlights the peak of aggression in toddler years, followed by declines with age and the replacement of physical aggression with verbal and relational aggression.
• Emotions such as anger, shame, humiliation, jealousy, and frustration are linked to aggression.
• Evolutionary psychology suggests that aggression is instinctual and linked to reproductive success, survival, and status hierarchies.
• Health psychology emphasizes the increased risk of poor health and mental health problems for aggressive individuals.
• Learning theories, particularly social learning theory by Albert Bandura, explain the acquisition and maintenance of aggressive behavior through observational learning and reinforcement.
• Imitation of aggressive models is influenced by factors such as their status, familiarity, similarity, and reward for their behaviors.

Test your knowledge of aggression with this quiz covering key points from various psychological perspectives. Explore the prevalence of aggression, its neurological and cognitive underpinnings, developmental patterns, and the impact on mental and physical health. Delve into theories from evolutionary psychology, clinical interventions, and social learning, and gain a comprehensive understanding of this complex behavior.