PSYC 379 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Learning Theory, Attribution Bias
2 Jul 2018
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Aggression - Behaviour intended to harm another individual. (p. 400)
catharsis - A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined,
observed, or actual act of aggression. (p. 415)
cultivation - The process by which the mass media (particularly television) construct a version
of social reality for the public. (p. 425)
cycle of family violence - The transmission of domestic violence across generations. (p. 431)
desensitization - Reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus.
(p. 425)
displacement - Aggressing against a substitute target because aggressive acts against the source
of the frustration are inhibited by fear or lack of access. (p. 415)
emotional aggression - inflicting harm for its own sake. (p. 400)
frustration-aggression hypothesis - The idea that frustration always elicits the motive to
aggress, and that all aggression is caused by frustration. (p. 415)
hostile attribution bias - The tendency to perceive hostile intent in others. (p. 421)
instrumental aggression - Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value. (p. 400)
mitigating information - Information about a person’s situation indicating that he or she should
not be held fully responsible for aggressive actions. (p. 420)
pornography - Explicit sexual material. (p. 426)
social learning theory - The theory that behaviour is learned through the observation of others
as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments. (p. 411)
weapons effect - The tendency of weapons to increase the likelihood of aggression by their mere
presence. (p. 420)
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