PSYCH253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rape Myth, Albert Bandura, Social Learning Theory
16 Oct 2011
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By 1990 kidnapping will be the dominant mode of social interaction woody allen. Belief that violence has increased in society. Graph war-related deaths increases exponentially during the 19th to 20th century. Mis-representative doesn"t take population into account. Text says that violence is increasing over time. Pinker is saying that it is decreasing especially in the last few decades. Hostile aggression: springs from anger, heat of the moment (ex. you insulted me, so i will hit you) Instrumental aggression: a means to an end (ex. deaths in a war) Individual differences: people with lse (low self-esteem) lash out to make themselves feel better (research has shown that lse has nothing to do with aggression, narcissism (type of high self-esteem) actually leads to agression. An inflated, and fragile, view of self. Obsessed with gaining the admiration and attention of others. Violent offenders in prison have higher narcissism scores than non-offenders. Narcissists given a negative evaluation in the lab more aggressive against evaluator.
