PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Emotional Dysregulation, Observational Learning
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Hostile is when we aggress at someone bc we want to to harm them. Instrumental aggression is used to achieve a higher purpose or goal like war. We can resist authority when others in front of us resist first so we follow also if we have a personal perception of responsibility. Usa has culture of honor and kids in south bring more weapons to school than other regions. Hot weather, hot classrooms, cars w/ no ac. Frustration/aggression principle created due to these annoying things like pain and heat, loud noises, bad smells. Low agreeableness and high neuroticism relate more to aggression. Women are more verbally agg. while men are more phy. Driven by empathy, compassion, nothing expected in return. Driven by an obvious reward or less obvious one, something expected. Soc. psych. don"t agree whether true altruism exists. Social justice norm: someone deserves help bc of unfortunate circumstance.
