PSY220H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Relational Aggression, Ostracism, Intermittent Explosive Disorder
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Biased assimilation and violent video games (greitemeyer, 2014) Those who came into the study thinking violent video games increase aggression polarized their views. Aggression: behaviour intended to harm another individual. Emotional or hostile aggression: inflicting harm for its own sake. The aggressive act itself is the end point. Instrumental aggression:inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value. The aggressive act is the means to some end. Ex: insulting someone behind their back, trying to harm the social connection/relationships of that individual (ex: ostracizing someone from your group, trying to damage someone"s reputation, etc) Retaliation almost always exceeds the original offense (e. g. , is more extreme or painful) Pain is a lot more intense when inflicted on us than pain inflicted on someone else. Benefits of aggression: more resources (e. g. , land, food), more respect & acceptance (higher status), & more mates (which means more offspring!) When looking at physical aggression, males tend to engage in physical aggression than females.
