PSY220H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Nonviolent Video Game, Racing Video Game, Social Learning Theory
28 Mar 2014
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Describe factors that explain aggressive behavior in n. american context and cross culturally. Emotional agression: aggression inflicted simply to cause harm (jealous lover striking out in rage) Instrumental aggression: inflicting harm to obtain some goals or something of value (ppl who kill others in self defense, or gain money) In male prisons, men who had committed violent crimes (e. g. rape and assault), had higher testosterone levels than men who had committed property crimes (burglary and theft) Men with higher testosterone had violated more rules while in prison: suggests that testosterone levels are associated with men"s aggressive behavior. Theories that view aggression as innate share common property: describe something within the person as being responsible for aggressive tendencies. Freud saw aggression as type of energy that builds up over time until it"s released, process called catharsis. Theory says that aggression is an innate biological drive.
