PSYCH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Fighting Instinct, Relational Aggression, School Violence
16 Apr 2017
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11. 7 explain the development of aggression in preschool children, and summarize the gender differences. 11. 8 compare and contrast the different approaches that seek to explain the causes of aggression in children. 11. 9 summarize the cycle of violence hypothesis, and identify the social and cultural factors that contribute to family violence. Intentional injury or harm to another person; relatively stable trait. Early preschool years aggression: often addressed at attaining desired goal, declines through preschool years as does frequency and average length of episodes. Extreme and sustained aggression is cause for concern: aggression among preschoolers is quite common, though attacks such as this are not. The potential for verbal hostility, shoving matches, kicking, and other forms of aggression is present throughout the preschool period, although the degree to which aggression is acted out changes as children become older. Preschool children improve in emotional control: around age 2. Talk about feelings and engage in regulation strategies.
