KINE 316 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Learning Theory
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Behavior occurring in the quest of some nonaggressive goal. People have an instinct to be aggressive, which builds up until any form of behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring. Aggression another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. Assertive behavior playing hard, within the rules, with high intensity, but no intention to harm. Involves physical or psychological harm or injury. Hostile/reactive aggression the primary goal is to inflict injury or psychological harm on another instrumental aggression. Types of aggression - aggression in reaction to an event can be either hostile or instrumental. Instrumental and hostile occupy opposite ends of a continuum. Instrumental aggressive acts occur with some type of reactive process usually. Aggression might involve elements of both types. Frustration-aggression hypothesis - aggression is the direct result of a frustration that occurs because of goal blockage or failure. Social learning theory others and having similar behavior reinforced. Support for this theory: bobo doll experiment.
