PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Intensify, Stanley Schachter, Fritz Perls
11 Mar 2013
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Aggression: physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt someone. Hostile aggression: aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself. Instrumental aggression: aggression that is a means to some other end. Instinctive behaviour: an innate, unlearned behaviour pattern exhibited by all members of a species. Frustration-aggression theory: the theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress. Relative deprivation: the perception that one is less well off than others to whom one compares oneself. Social learning theory: the theory that we learn social behaviour by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished. The catharsis view of aggression is that aggressive drive is reduced when one releases aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing aggression. Prosocial behaviour: positive, constructive, helpful social behaviour; the opposite of antisocial behaviour. Social script: culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various situations.
