CRIM 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: 1999 Stanley Cup Finals, Neuroplasticity, Ethology

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 103
• Professor: Hilary Morden

Document Summary

Developmental theories of delinquency: super traits, icap, dual-pathway, coercion. Developmental theories: dynamic develop along pathways, gain/lose interest, consider influence, social, psychological, biological. Puberty & gender differences: female more prone to running away, average truancy, average ungovernability, male greater underage liquor, male greater violent. Violence and aggression: human aggression, aggression is the basis of violent crime, aggression is not the same as violence, types, instrumental and/or. Brain evolves and regenerate: bully mice, bully rats. Theoretical perspectives on aggression: psychodynamic, ethological, frustration-aggression hypothesis, weapons effect, cognitive-neoassociation model, excitation transfer theory, displaced aggression theory. Psychodynamic perspective: freud, susceptible to build-up aggressive energy, reach dangerous levels resulting harmful aggressive, acts, pressure dissipated through catharsis, must be expressed in socially acceptable way, actual or vicarious behaviour defense mechanisms. Ethological perspective: ethology: study of animal behaviour, konrad-lorenz, aggression inherited instinct, defend territory, humans part of animal world- similar behaviour, animals show propensity to violent aggression and non- instrumental aggression, i. e bullying.