PSY 2110 Chapter Notes -Sensation Seeking, Workplace Aggression, Cognitive Restructuring
23 Feb 2014
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Theoretical perspectives on aggression: in search of the roots of violence. Most social psychologists reject that aggression is biologically determined, but evolutionary perspective showing potentiality of such factors. Drive theories aggression may stem from external drives to harm others. Eg of this is frustration- aggression hypothesis (frustration is a powerful determinant of aggression). Modern theories include general aggression model (agg is triggered by large range of input variables, influencing arousal, affective stages, and cognition. ) They recognize the imp of learning, individual diff, affective states, and cognitive processes in aggression. Causes of human aggression: social, cultural, personal, and situational. It is only a strong elicitor of aggression under specific, limited conditions. Provocation (actions that seem to be based off malicious intent) is a powerful elicitor of aggression. We rarely ignore this, usually, react with same or higher level of aggression received from others.
