PSY 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Causal Reasoning, Twin, Active Child
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Believe that the aggression will pay off". Believe that they kids they to be dominate deserve dominated. The nature of antisocial behaviours: there are various kinds of antisocial behaviour. Physical vs. relational (i. e. , spreading rumours) aggression. Instrumental vs. reactive behaviours i. e. , pushing a child away to get a toy vs. hitting a child for revenge. Direct harm to people vs. harm to property or rule violations: aggression being who is motivated to avoid this treatment. : behaviour performed with the intention of harming a living. : harm is a means to an end. : goal is to harm the victim: reactive aggressors: Tend to interpret ambiguous situations as intentionally hostile i. e. , if someone accidentally bumps into him/her, s/he believes that individual did so aggressively and reacts accordingly. Aggressive child"s expectancies regarding peers" hostile intent is fueled. Relational aggression is more common in girls. Instrumental aggression is their key form of aggressive behaviour.
