PSYC 2120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Prefrontal Cortex, Twin, Social Psychology
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Goal to injure: instrumental aggression aggression that is a means to some other end. Goal to injure to meet some other end. E. g. terrorism, war, adolescents who bully each other (seeking social status and dominance). What are some theories of aggression: aggression as a biological phenomenon freud & lorenz. Freud human aggression springs from a self-destructive impulse. Lorenz aggression as adaptive rather than self-destructive. Instinctive behavior an innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a species. Instinct theory fails to account for the variation in aggressiveness, from person to person and culture to culture. Aggressio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:374) o(cid:272)(cid:272)urs (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:373)ales are (cid:272)o(cid:373)peti(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith other (cid:373)ales, or (cid:449)he(cid:374) a (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s social status is challenged. Abnormal brains can contribute to abnormal aggressive behaviors. Identical twin reported to violent, other twin is as well. Families with a genetic sibling convicted of a violent crime were four times as likely to be convicted themselves.
