Hostile perception bias
At what age are people most aggressive?
Eros
______ effectively reduce the chances of an aggressive response to a transgression
Empathy
Hostile aggression
Social rejection
Types of aggression
Theories of intoxicated aggression
Pharmacological theories
Hostile attribution bias
Instrumental aggression
Violence
Heat
Weapons effect
Hostile expectation bias
Successful intervention
Media violence
Aggression is best treated when _____.
Stimulating the amygdala leads to ________ .
Three features of aggression
Aggression
Violent criminals have more naturally occurring _______ than non-violent criminals.
Aggressive humans have abnormally low levels of ________ .
Video games
Factors that influence likelihood of aggression
Blocking the amygdala leads to _________ .
Catharsis
Relational aggression
Income inequality
Punishment is most effective when it is:
Punishment
Frustration
Expectancy theories
What is the most dangerous age to be violent?
Thanatos
Three ways in which video games may impact violence more than TV
Intentional behaviour aimed at causing either psychological or physical pain
First, it's a behaviour, not an internal response. Second, it's intentional rather than accidental. Third, the victim wants to avoid the harm.
Large gaps between wages of rich and poor; situational cause of aggression
Goal proximity, unexpected frustration, characteristics of the cause of your frustration
Aggression intended to cause extreme physical harm
85% of American teens play video games regularly; situational cause of aggression
Apologies
Tendency to perceive ambiguous actions by others as hostile actions
Focus on how social attitudes facilitate aggression
Intense, prompt, applied consistently and with certainty, perceived as justified, and possible to replace the undesirable behaviour with a desirable alternative
Acting aggressively or even viewing aggression purges angry feelings and aggressive impulses into harmless channels (in reality, this has the opposite effect)
Tendency to perceive social interactions in general as being aggressive
Inflicting pain or removing pleasure for a misdeed (ineffective)
Intentionally harming another person's social relationships, feelings of acceptance, or inclusion within a group
Target as many causes of aggression as possible and attempt to tackle them collectively
increased violence
decreased violence
people are still early in development
Video games are active, TV is passive. Video game players are more likely to identify with a violent character than TV watchers. Violent games directly reward players for violent behaviour.
Tendency to expect others to react to potential conflicts with aggression
The perception that you are being prevented from obtaining a goal; situational cause of aggression
The increase in aggression that occurs as a result of the mere presence of a weapon
By age 12 the average American has seen about 100,000 violent acts on TV; situational factor of aggression
Late adolescence - early adulthood
Serotonin
Physical, emotional, direct, indirect
Motivation towards life
testosterone
Stems from feelings of anger; inflicting pain or some injury is an end in and of itself
Does not necessarily stem from feelings of anger; pain or injury comes as a means to an end
The capacity to feel and understand what another person is feeling, from their perspective; more leads to reduced aggression
Crime is higher in hotter climates, crime rises in summer; situational cause of aggression
Evolutionarily maladaptive; situational cause of aggression
Pharmacological theories and expectancy theories
Motivation towards death
Focus on how alcohol disrupts cognitive processes
1-3 years old.
