PSYC 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, Susan Fish, Natural Selection

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Julie Caouette

Document Summary

Aggression is a behavior that intends to harm another individual, verbal or by actions, used to release. Hostile aggression: behavior intended to harm another, either physically or psychologically & motived by anger & hostility. Instrumental aggression: behavior intended to harm one another in the service of motives. Intend not directly to hurt but to gain status, attract attention, advance in politics. Ex: hockey, of client yelling at waitress because meal is taking too long. Crimes such of mugging, theft & assault can be forms. Root cause of aggression = some research shows that there is gene mutations maoa that predispose people to be more aggressive. Also studies that state that one of the most potent factors is being mistreated by parents during childhood that can lead to violent behavior as an adult. Higher temperature are related to higher rates of aggression.