PS270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Twin, Sympathetic Nervous System, Prefrontal Cortex
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What is aggression: physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone, hostile aggression: aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself, murder. Instrumental aggression: aggression that is a means to some other end: most wars, bullying. Theories of aggression: aggression as a biological phenomenon. Docile animals can therefore be provoked into rage. If frustration was understandable, then it leads to irritation, not aggression. Ww2 air corps felt more frustrate than those in the military police. Media influences: video games: military organizations often prepare soldiers by making them play attack simulation games, a large body of research shows that playing violent games does, on average, increase aggressive behavior. Increases in aggressive behavior: play more aggressive with peers, get in more arguments with teachers, fight more. Group influences: same influences on groups, groups can amplify reactions by diffusing responsibility, the greater number of people who lynch in a mob, the more vicious the murder and mutilation.
