PSYC 241 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Social Learning Theory, Female Genital Mutilation, Relational Aggression
12 Mar 2014
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What is aggression: aggression: behaviour intended to harm another individual. This can be words or deeds; even a failure to act can be aggressive, if that failure is intended to hurt someone. Extreme acts of aggression are violence: anger consists of strong feelings of displeasure in response to a perceived injury, including outrage, hate, or irritation. Hostility is a negative, antagonistic attitude towards another person or group: instrumental (proactive) aggression: inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value, as a means to an end. This can be for personal gain, attention, or even self-defense: emotional (reactive) aggression: inflicting harm for its own sake, perhaps out of frustration ( snapping ). Culture and aggression: cultures vary dramatically in how, and how much, their members aggress against each other. Comparison across societies: u. s. has very high murder rate for a politically stable, industrialized country. May be related to prevalence and permissive attitude towards handguns.
