SOCPSY 1Z03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Aggression, The Human Instinct, Road Rage
5 Nov 2016
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Importantly, this harm must be something the target wants to avoid. widely: the intended harm may be physical, psychological or social. Aversive emotional arousal: research has identified several other causes of aggression, physical pain, such as stubbing one"s toe, and verbal and physical attacks can arouse. Social learning and aggression: social learning theories provide a fourth explanation for aggressive behavior, two processes by which aggression can be learned are imitation and reinforcement. Like any other social behavior through experiences of reinforcement and reward. Reinforcement: social learning theory holds that aggressive responses are acquired and maintained. Charactersitics of targets that influence aggression: whether aggression occurs also depends on the characteristics of the target the person toward whom the aggressive behavior is directed. Gender and race: aggression does not occur at random. If it did, we would observe aggressive behaviors by all kinds of people directed at targets of both genders, all ethnic groups, and all ages.
