PSYC390 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Konrad Lorenz, Sigmund Freud, Amygdala
17 Feb 2018
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Aggression: what is aggression, behavior aimed at causing harm or pain, 2 types of aggression: instrumental aggression rational, cold, impersonal; important for achieving a goal. Ultimate form of aggression for strategic purposes (i. e. , war: hostile aggression physiological/arousal response with behavior to cause pain. Iv- cut in front right in front of ticket booth, cut in line way back of end of line: dollard hypothesis closer to ticket booth will be most frustrated. Any unpleasant event: frustration creates a readiness for aggression. Dehumanize that group that he was going to do terrible things to: dehumanizing the victim to trigger aggressive responses, deindividuation (of victimizer, not as accountable. Iv- primed w/ thoughts of death/next exam, then read an essay written by so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho th(cid:396)eate(cid:374)ed/suppo(cid:396)ted pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)t"s politi(cid:272)al (cid:271)eliefs: then told they will engage in taste test with the person who just wrote the essay.
