Psychology 2720A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prefrontal Cortex, Relative Deprivation, Verbal Behavior

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B
• Professor: Rachel Calogero

Document Summary

Physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt someone. The hurt can be: physical (bruise, social (damaged reputation, emotional (hurt feelings, cultural (defacing carvings, mosques) Intra-species, rivals, competitive goals, often ritualised: rooted from anger and intent to hurt. Typically, in humans, hostile and instrumental aggression are both present. Instinct to fight: genetic influences, only for reproductive success and survival value. Social: aggression modifiable: se and narcissism, frustration-aggression hypothesis revised striving towards a goal and being stopped in the process (aversive experience, aversive experience, relative deprivation special case of frustration, social learning bobo dolls. Children watch a role model play with teacher. If played with aggressively, children end up playing with the doll more aggressively. If played with in a gentle manner, children were not aggressive with the doll. Rape, domestic violence can be seen as intergroup crimes . Committed much more often by men on women. Kills roughly 2x as many women in their reproductive years as cancer.