Aggression - Lecture Slides - Social Psychology, Slides of Social Psychology

Download Aggression - Lecture Slides - Social Psychology and more Slides Social Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! Aggression • Physical or verbal behavior intended to harm • Distinguish between: – Hostile aggression – Instrumental aggression • What makes us angry? – Automatic vs. Controlled processing - docsity.com Theories of Aggression 1. Biology 2. Frustration 3. Social Learning 4. Situational docsity.com Aggression Theories: Frustration • Oldest theory – frustration (having a goal blocked) leads to some form of aggression. • Aggression gets displaced to other sources – Role of catharsis here - • Any support for this theory? docsity.com Social Learning Theory • Is it a learned social behavior? Bandura • Learn aggression through observing others. • Bobo doll experiment example… – What was the method? – What were the results? docsity.com TV & Violence • George Gerbner’s 30 year study of violence in movies/TV. • Stats on daily TV use & violent acts - • Effect on behavior & beliefs? – Bushman & Eron’s longitudinal research – – …but are there other explanations? docsity.com