PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Repetition Compulsion, Oedipus Complex, 6 Years
11 Feb 2015
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Lobster study: specie specific, argue that neurotransmitter serotonin naturally encourages aggression, kept lobsters isolated, so they had no prior knowledge about how to fight, cultural norms, different actions are seen as aggressive in different contexts. Sorcery: aggression horn-honking, wife beating, rape, homicide, riots, political rebellions, revolution. Neglects meaning of actions: power differences between different groups in society, nature vs nurture, aggression is in our nature, aggression is in our nurture, false debate, interactions. Instinct theory: aggression is inborn/instinctual: aggressive instinct (mcdougall, 1908) One of 18 instincts as a basic building block to people: psychoanalytic theory (freud, 1905) Frustration of the pleasure principle (i. e. oedipus complex) The death drive: psychoanalytic theory, blockage (of pleasure seeking) frustration (new effort of delay of gratification) anger (repression and/or defense) inflicting pain on others (primary aggression, frustration of pleasure. Reactive (proportional to situation) vs explosive (unprovoked, not proportional to any stimulus)
