PSY220H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Rape Myth, Prosocial Behavior, Heart Rate
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Aggression: physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. Hostile aggression: aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself (springs from anger and goal is to injure) Instrumental aggression: aggression that is a means to some other end (to injure but also kill) Animals exhibit social aggression, characterized by displays of rage, and silent aggression, as when a predictor stalks its prey. In humans it is labeled as hostile and instrumental. Hostile aggression is hot instrumental aggression is cool . In analyzing causes of hostile and instrumental aggression, social psychologists have focused on three big ideas: (1) there is a biologically rooted aggressive drive (2) aggression is a natural response to frustration (3) aggressive behavior is learned. Jean jacque rousseau blames society not human nature for social evils. Thomas hobbs sees society"s logs as necessary to restrain and control the human brute (instinctual bully) Sigmund freud brutish view, aggressive drive is in born and thus inevitable.
