Against Others: Aggression Lecture Slides PDF
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"Against Others: Aggression" lecture slides cover definitions, types, measurements, and causes of aggression. The slides also discuss situational and personal factors influencing aggressive behavior. They include sections on the influences of frustration, provocation, negative moods, aversive stimulation, and the "weapons effect".
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Against Others: Aggression Prejudice & Discrimination Against Others: Aggression Central Questions 1. What is aggression? 2. What are the influences? 1. Situational (Context) 2. Person (Individual Differences) Aggression Definition Behavior that is intended to...
Against Others: Aggression Prejudice & Discrimination Against Others: Aggression Central Questions 1. What is aggression? 2. What are the influences? 1. Situational (Context) 2. Person (Individual Differences) Aggression Definition Behavior that is intended to harm another person who is motivated to avoid that harm. Key Characteristics 1. Observable behavior “Types of Aggression” 2. Intent matters Function? – 3. People, not things Form? 4. Recipient doesn’t want to be harmed How can we measure aggression? Instincts? Catharsis? Against Others: Aggression Central Questions 1. What is aggression? 2. What are the influences? 1. Situational (Context) 2. Person (Individual Differences) Situational Factors 1. Frustration 2. Provocation 3. Negative Mood/Affect 4. Aversive Stimulation Situational Factors 1. Frustration 2. Provocation 3. Negative Mood/Affect 4. Aversive Stimulation 5. Perceived Anonymity 6. Social Stress & Rejection 7. Intoxication 8. Weapons? “Weapons Effect” Weapons as Aggression-Eliciting Stimuli (Berkowitz & LePage, 1967) Situational Factors 1. Frustration 2. Provocation 3. Negative Mood/Affect 4. Aversive Stimulation 5. Perceived Anonymity 6. Social Stress & Rejection 7. Intoxication 8. Weapons? 9. Models Why Do People Deny Violent Media Effects? (Bushman, 2023) Against Others: Aggression Central Questions 1. What is aggression? 2. What are the influences? 1. Situational (Context) 2. Person (Individual Differences) Person Factors 1. The Role of Hormones “Like all individual differences, the gender difference in physical violence is not rigidly preprogrammed but can be amplified or buffered depending on social structure and cultural learning. So, while evolved factors likely bias the emergence of greater physical aggression in males, the ultimate magnitude and social impact of this gender difference is shaped by development and learning within a given society.” (Eliot, 2021) Person Factors 1. The Role of Hormones 2. Impulse Control 3. Executive (Dys)function 4. Attribution Biases 5. Trait Angry/Hostility 6. Personality
