Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Aggression, Hunter-Gatherer, Victim Blaming
3 Feb 2016
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Michael levy, weight lifting champion beaten until left in a wheel chair unprovoked. Agression: intentional behaviour aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain. Hostile aggression: an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain or injury. Instrumental aggression: aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain. Rousseau- humans are naturally gentle, but the world turns us hostile. Freud- eros and thanatos, believed we needed to release our aggressive energy somehow. We would therefore turn this energy into a socially acceptable norm ex. Thanatos: an instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions. Two types: dominance (to compete with other males for mates) and jealousy (to prevent other males to mate with their mate). Crime stats: males more likely to be violent in their peek reproductive years experiments on animal aggression. Zing yang kuo: cats raised with rats would not hurt any rat once it is fully grown.
