PSYC39H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Attribution Bias, David Buss, Observational Learning
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Psyc39 - lecture 7 - aggression, violence, risk prediction. Introduce the general aggression model and p theory: review the effects of digital, electronic and other media on aggression ad violence, examine the current research on copycat (contagion effect) crime. Expressive aggression: response to anger-inducing, goal make victim suffer, most violent crimes (e. g. homicides, rapes, etc. ) Instrumental aggression feature of calculated murder committed by a hired, impersonal killer: aggression behaviour perpetrated/attempted w/ the intention of harming one or more indies. Physically or psychologically or to destroy an obj. Intent and attempt to harm another indiv, physically or socially or to destroy an obj. in some cases. Active aggressive behaviours (buss 1971: violence destructive physical aggression intentionally directed at harming other persons or things. Psychoanalytical/hydraulic model : humans, by nature, always be prone to aggressive impulses and likely to commit violent acts if these impulses aren"t appropriately managed or held in check.
