Psychology 2720A/B Lecture : Lecture 9 2720

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2720A/B

Document Summary

What is aggression: physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt someone, the hurt can be, physical (bruise), social (damaged reputation, ostracism), emotional (hurt feelings), Types of aggression: silent aggression - not accompanied by anger; planned. In humans, called instrumental aggression: social aggression motivated by anger; impulsive. Sources of aggression: biological aggression is inevitable, genetic influences warrior vs. pacifist mice, neuroanatomical bases brain stem and limbic system, biochemical influences low serotonin, high testosterone, alcohol. Violent crimes: violence severe forms of aggression that have extreme harm as their goal. Young male syndrome: men more likely to kill and be killed in their late teens and early 20"s, spike in violence from 18 24 is high, very striking. Sex differences in aggression vary by gender norm salience: played a violent video game where they could drop bombs on an opponent, randomly assigned to identity condition. Identity salient wore a name tag, singled out. Identity concealed did not wear name tag, not singled out.