PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Verbal Behavior, Grey Matter, Relative Deprivation
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Aggression: physical or verbal behaviour intended to hurt someone. Hostile aggression: aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself. Instrumental aggression: aggression that is a means to some other end. Some theories blames society and not human nature for social e(cid:448)ils; others suggest so(cid:272)iety"s la(cid:449)s (cid:374)e(cid:272)essary to restrain and control human brute. Brutish view- the aggressive drive is inborn and thus inevitable was argued by sigmund freud . Instinctive behaviour: innate, unlearned behaviour pattern exhibited by all members of a species; supposedly builds up until appropriate stimulus releases it. Men found aggression adaptive as suggested by evolutionary psychologists as it improved survival and reproduction odds + increases their status. Aggression is a complex behaviour and no single spot in brain controls it; researchers found neural systems in both animals and humans that facilitate aggression. Study found that those with a genetic sibling convicted of violent crime were 4x likely to be convicted themselves versus adopted siblings.
