PSYC 101 Study Guide - Cognitive Dissonance, Tantrum, Solomon Asch
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Social psychology- the study of the causes and consequences of sociality. Social behavior: aggression- behavior whose purpose is to harm others. Do it as a way of getting the resources they want. Frustration-aggression hypothesis suggests that animals aggress when and only when their goals are frustrated: i. e. The robber wants the money (goal) but the teller ahs it all locked up (frustration), so the robber threatens the teller with a gun (aggression) Hypothesis is considered incomplete because psychologists suggests that it is all part of the negative effect that increases aggression: i. e. when rats are electrocuted and put in cage, they attack anything. Both biology and culture plats a role in determining if and when people will aggress: biology: Brought on by a challenge to their integrity. Instrumental aggression: hurting another to accomplish another (non-aggressive) goal (i. e. A mother spanks a child to discourage him from repeating a tantrum) Women more prone to jealousy in relationships.
