PSYC 2P30 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Sex In Film, Pole And Polar
21 Nov 2016
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What is aggression: aggression intentional behaviour aimed at causing either physical/psychological pain, often caused with assertiveness, types of aggression. Hostile aggression an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain. Instrumental aggression aggression as the means to some goal other than causing pain. Gender and aggression: what sex is more aggressive, macoby and jackson 1974. Found that boys appear to be more aggressive than girls: astrov et al 2004. Children age 3-5 play in group of 3. Told to colour an image on a blank piece of paper. The experiment gave one colour crayon and the other two were white. Boys more likely to use physical aggression to get what they want it. While girls were more likely to use relational acts, like spread rumours: crime statistics seems to prove this gender differences. Men majority of sexual assaults perpetrators and weapons offences.
