PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Social Rejection, Monoamine Oxidase A, Relational Aggression
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Instrumental aggression: refers to behavior that is intended to harm another in the service of motives other than pure hostility. People harm others for example, to gain status, to attract attention, to acquire. Murder and rape increase during the summer months. Looked at data for the past 50 yrs and found that during what are known as el nino years in tropical countries (when the weather is esp hot and dry) the likelihood of civil conflict rises dramatically. What is it about high temps that makes ppl more aggressive: 1. According to the misattribution perspective, people are aroused by the heat, but they are largely unaware that it is the source of their arousal. When they encounter circumstances that prompt anger, they attribute their arousal to that person, and this misattributed arousal gives rise to amplified feelings of anger and aggression: 2.
