Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stroop Effect, David Buss, Social Learning Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

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What is aggression: aggressive behaviour refers to any intentional behaviour performed with the goal of causing another person physical or psychological pain, hostile aggression: primary/only aim is to inflict pain; stems from anger. Instrumental aggression: primary aim is something other than inflicting pain: aggressive behaviour can be, direct or indirect (relational, physical or verbal. Insight from non-human animal studies: non-human animal studies suggest that aggression can be instinctual or learned, aggression almost universal, but! When we aggress: the i3 model: most humans have the capacity to aggress, but whether or not aggression occurs depends on a complex interplay between biological, dispositional, and situational factors. Finkel (2013) argues that aggressive behaviour emerges from a combination of three classes of independent factors. Instigation instigating triggers refer to discrete, situational events or circumstances that induce rudimentary action tendencies toward aggression: e. g. , perceived provocation, goal obstruction, opportunities for personal gain.