PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Inclusive Fitness, Dime (United States Coin), Pluralistic Ignorance
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Aggression is intentional behaviour aimed at causing pain. Two dimensions of classification type of pain and goal of pain (is it by accident, or purposely to harm another) Type of pain physical aggression aggression inflicting physical pain. Type of pain verbal or relational aggression saying or doing psychologically hurtful things e. g. rumors. Goal of aggression we make a distinction b/w hostile and instrumental aggression. Hostile aggression stems from anger and frustration (low level form of aggression) while the end goal is to inflict pain and thus i am acting aggressively towards you . Instrumental behaviour inflict pain while the pain is a middle step toward another goal the goal is not the pain but rather is the outcome. I was born that way genetic predisposing. Aggression is adaptable and has survival value in order to survive we have to compete aggressively. Earliest evidence animals can be bred to be aggressive and twin studies have found high heritability for aggression.
