PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Cortisol, Economic Inequality, Learned Helplessness
Chapter 13- first half
• Hostile Aggression- Behavior intended to harm another, either physically or
psychologically, and motivated by feelings of anger and hostility
• Instrumental aggression- Behavior intended to harm another in the service of motives
other than our hostility (e.g. to attract attention, to acquire wealth, or to advance political
and ideological causes)
• SITUATIONAL DETERMINANTS OF AGGRESSION
• The right situational factors can give rise to violence
• Aggression rises because of aggressive people
• Scientists have discovered that certain genes many predispose people to aggression, but
that aggession only shos in etain situations of a pesons’ life
• Heat
• People believe that the weather has a connection to mood specifically heat and aggression
• There are higher rates of crime in hotter regions and in the hotter months, with the
exception of the month of December
• If this is observed in the context of climate change this means that as the world temp.
increases so will the world violence
• Misattribution process states that people are aroused by heat but people are unaware of
this
• When there is a start of conflict we give arousal towards the situation, this misattributed
arousal gives rise to aggression
• Media Violence
• Western Media contains a lot of violence and aggression; exposure to media violence
increases aggressive behavior
• In many lab studies its proven that viewing aggressive movies does make a person more
aggressive
• Exposure to violent pornography in especially increases endorsement of aggression against
women
• People tend to act more aggressively after viewing a film if they identified with the
character that was perpetrating the violent act
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Document Summary
Chapter 13- first half: hostile aggression- behavior intended to harm another, either physically or psychologically, and motivated by feelings of anger and hostility. Instrumental aggression- behavior intended to harm another in the service of motives other than our hostility (e. g. to attract attention, to acquire wealth, or to advance political and ideological causes) The right situational factors can give rise to violence: aggression rises because of aggressive people. Scientists have discovered that certain genes many predispose people to aggression, but that agg(cid:396)ession only sho(cid:449)s in (cid:272)e(cid:396)tain situations of a pe(cid:396)sons" life: heat. People believe that the weather has a connection to mood specifically heat and aggression. There are higher rates of crime in hotter regions and in the hotter months, with the exception of the month of december. In many lab studies its proven that viewing aggressive movies does make a person more aggressive. Exposure to violent pornography in especially increases endorsement of aggression against women.
