PSYC 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Fighting Instinct, Inclusive Fitness, Cortisol
17 Jan 2018
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Dimensions of aggression: aggression can be understood as any behaviour that is intended to harm another person who does not want to be harmed (e. g. , baron & richardson, 1994). Individual components: high irritability, beliefs about aggression, hostile attribution biases, each of these attributes forward to aggressive cognition. Social components: frustration, provocation, exposure to aggressive models. 2: causes of discomfort/negative affect, each of these attributes forward to arousal, a mixture of individual components and social components creates an affect , which leads to aggressive behaviour. Situated aggression: the mystery of normal aggression can be understood in terms of the social psychological mechanisms, arousal level and emotions, attribution, social schemata and scripts, social proof and social learning. Social learning of violent behaviours: social learning is a core feature of human psychology, for instance, orpinas et al. (1999) found higher levels of aggression in students (6th-
