PSYC 2310 Lecture 14: Aggression.docx

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Will the cat chase other rats: cat doesn"t chase the rat, and does not chase other rats, aggression is an inborn tendency, eibl eibesfeldt"s (1963) experiment: raising rats in isolation, the isolated rat would start attacking the new rat, argues that this is behaviour that doesn"t need to be learned, it is an instinct, doesn"t show that aggression is inborn, konard lorenz"s (1966) observation of the behaviours of cichlids, highly aggressive fish, found in particular parts of the world. Aggression is inborn: evolutionary perspective of aggression, human warfare originated in attempts to obtain valuable resources, women, emphasizing genetics survival, gender differences in patterns of mate selection, study of sexual jealousy (safdar & voracek, 2001) Situational influences on aggression: frustration aggression theory (dollard, doob, miller, mowrer & sears, 1939, freudian + behaviorist ideas, frustration always elicits the motive to aggress and all aggression is caused by frustration, catharsis, displacement.