Psychology 2070A/B Lecture 10: Aggression

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Unit 10: aggression: aggressive behaviour refers to any intentional behaviour performed with the goal of causing another person physical or psychological pain, hostile aggression primary aim is to inflict pain (stems from anger) Instigation (spark for a fire: instigating triggers refer to discrete or situational events or circumstances that induce rudimentary action tendencies toward aggression, ex. perceived provocation (thinking someone has insulted you), goal obstruction (roadblock), opportunities for personal gain. Days when partner did not provoke participant. Did not matter if participants had low dispositional self-control; fewer pins stuck on doll. People with low self-control and high dispositional aggression stuck significantly more pins on doll. Its mere presence can increase the probability of aggressive behaviour occurring: note: if the individual frequently uses guns (like hunters), they will not feel more aggressive when handling a hunter gun. Imitation: according to social learning theory, we learn social behaviour (ex. aggression) by observing others and imitating them, ex.