PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Media Consumption, Longitudinal Study, Normal-Form Game
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Aggression: any behavior aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain, hostile aggression, aggression in which causing pain or harm is the only goal. Instrumental aggression: aggression in which the pain or harm caused is a means to some other goal, robbing a bank, winning a sport, self-defense, defending your group/values. Other factors influencing aggression: situational (fluctuating, heat, heat correlates with aggression, more violent crimes occur in summer months, more acts of violence occur in cities that have higher average temperature, figure 13. 1 effects of season on. Various studies of aggressive behaviors throughout different months of the year indicate that they do. (source: Income inequality: more inequality, more aggression, figure 13. 3 income inequality and homocide rates in several industrialized. Countries: homicides are more likely in countries where there is greater income inequality between the rich and the poor. (source: from.
