PSYC 360 Study Guide - Relative Deprivation, Habituation
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Of instrumental aggressive behavior: hostile aggression is driven by anger and performed as an end in itself, its goal is to intentionally harm someone; most murders are through hostile aggression. Instrumental aggression is aggression intended to accomplish some other goal. Examples of instrumental aggression are war and terrorism. Not all instrumental aggression is condemned by society: where does aggression come from (i. e. , what biological factors affect aggression, what environmental factors affect aggression), biological- the amygdale; hormones (testosterone) If so, in what way(s): england, japan, and greece have the lowest levels of crime and assaults. U. s. , brazil, and mexico have the highest level of crimes and assaults. E. g. , iroquois- weren"t aggressive toward other tribes, but when europeans came in, they felt threatened, and became warriors. The environment plays a larger role than biological influences: how does relative deprivation relate to aggressive behavior, relative deprivation is the perception that one is less well off than others to whom one compares oneself.
