Social Psychology Ch 12
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- Aggression
- Intentional behavior aimed at doing harm or causing pain to another person
- Hostile Aggression
- Aggression stemming form feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain
- Instrumental Aggression
- Aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain
- Eros
- The instinct toward life, posited by Freud
- Thanatos
- According to Freud, and instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions
- Amygdala
- An area in the core of the brain that is associated with aggressive behaviors
- Serotonin
- A chemical in the brain that may inhibit aggressive impulses
- Testosterone
- A hormone associate with aggression
- Frustration-Aggression Theory
- The idea that frustration—the perception that you are being prevented form attaining a goal—increases the probability of an aggressive response
- Aggressive Stimulus
- An object that is associated with aggressive responses (e.g., a gun) and whose mere presence can increase the probability of aggression
- Social Learning Theory
- The idea that we learn social behavior (e.g., aggression) by others and imitating them
- Scripts
- Ways of behaving socially that we learn implicitly form our culture
- Catharsis
- The notion that “blowing off steamâ€â€”by performing an aggressive act, watching others engage in aggressive behaviors, or engaging in a fantasy of aggression—relieves built-up aggressive energies and hence reduces the likelihood of further aggressive behavior