Psychology 2040A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Attribution Bias, Immanence, Oedipus Complex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2040A/B
• Professor: Ian Mac Donald

Document Summary

Instrumental aggression: harm is means to an end (access to objects, space or privileges) Preschoolers: verbal aggression replaces physical aggression, usually instrumental. Childhood: more amicable settlements, slight increase in hostile aggression, condone retaliatory aggression. Boys more physically and verbally aggressive than girls (parenting, toysm themes of play, relation aggression increases in girls during adolescence, antisocial conduct increases in boys during adolescence. Proactive aggressors: use aggression to solve problems, believe aggression will pay off. Reactive aggressors: hostile aggression, suspicious of others, others deserve harsh treatment. Dodge"s social information processing model: encode social cues interpret social cues. 3. formulate social goals: generate problem-solving strategies, evaluate effectiveness and choose strategy, enact a response. Reactive aggressors display a hostile attribution bias (tendency to interpret harm done in an ambiguous situation as intentionally hostile) Passive victims: socially withdrawn, physically weak, do not provoke aggression, Provocative victims: oppositional, restless, display hostile attributional bias, may be abused at home.