CHAD 168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Noxious Stimulus, Relational Aggression, Cyberbullying

• School: SJSU
• Department: Child and Adolescent Development, Department of
• Course: CHAD 168
• Professor: Kristine Connell

Document Summary

Multiple definitions of aggression: behavioral definition a response that delivers noxious stimuli to another organism, intentional definition any action intended to harm or injure another person who is motivated to avoid such treatment. Flight: aggression is a multifaceted set of behaviors varying in form, function, and adaptiveness. Causes of aggression combined biological and social influences on aggression. Parents and children train each other via mutually coercive behavior have learned that child compliance requires firmer and firmer control. If the older sibling is already aggressive, coercive exchanges increase the likelihood younger siblings will also become aggressive. Sibling conflict and rejection by parents fosters the development of conduct problems. Causes of aggression social influences on the development of aggression. The influence of peers: peer rejection contributes to greater aggressive behavior over time, aggression is a cause and a consequence of peer rejection.