Psychology 2070A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sigmund Freud, Thanatos, Amygdala

61 views2 pages

Document Summary

Aggression: intentional behavior aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain. Hostile aggression: an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain or injury. Instrumental aggression: aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain. Sigmund freud theorized that human beings are born with eros and thanatos. Eros: the instinct toward life, posited by freud. Thanatos: according to freud, an instinctual drive toward death, leading to aggressive actions. Freud believed that aggressive energy must come out somehow, lest it continue to build up and produce illness. Society performs an essential function in regulating this instinct and in helping people to sublimate it that is, to turn the destructive energy into acceptable or useful behavior. Males are theorized to aggress for two reasons: males behave aggressively to establish dominance over other males. Males are most likely to engage in violence during their peak reproductive years their teens and twenties.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents