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| Reasons For Why People Behave Aggressively (category list) |
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Definition
1. Biology
2. Frustration - Aggression
3. Learned Behavior
4. Aversive Incidents |
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| Biological Reasons For Why People Behave Aggressively |
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1. instinct - Lorenz, Freud
2. neural - related to nervous system (amygdala); bull experiment (electric charges to the different parts of the amygdala make the bull charge or be peaceful)
3. genetics - temperament (rats bred to be more aggressive or more peaceful)
4. biochemical - alcohol/drugs (people who drink are much more inclined to be violent), low serotonin, testosterone |
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| Frustration - Aggression (as a reason for why people behave aggressively) |
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Definition
- if there's a block in the way of a goal then that creates frustration which leads to aggression
- frustration --> anger --> aggression |
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- to attain rewards - bully who's aggressive to someone to get lunch money
- observational learning - you see what someone else does and you learn from seeing what they do (media, parents, etc) (children who are spanked may be at a higher risk for being abusively aggressive) |
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