Aggression Unit 3 Aggression Topics Social psychological theories

Aggression Unit 3

Aggression Topics Social psychological theories of aggression Evolutionary explanations of human aggression - Social learning theory - Infidelity - Deindividuation - Jealousy Institutional aggression Evolutionary explanations of group displays of aggression Biological explanations of aggression - Sport - Neural and Hormonal mechanisms in aggression - Warfare - Genetic factors in aggressive behaviour

Aggression Which picture is showing the most aggression? Why? What do you think is motivating the aggression in each of the pictures?

What is Aggression? “An act carried out with the intention to harm another person” Physical Active Passive Hitting Verbal Name Calling Refusing to shake hands Ignore/ Don’t Say Hello

Types of aggression Person-oriented Instrumental Reactive Sanctioned

Possible answers: Sanctioned aggression – legitimate given the circumstances. Could also be reactive. 2. Person-orientated as the sole purpose is to hurt someone else. 3. Reactive since not being invited to a party is being interpreted as ‘the first strike’. 4. Instrumental since it is seen as a means to an end – scoring a goal. 1.

Explanations of aggression For this topic you need to know social, biological and evolutionary explanations of aggression Write a few sentences/ideas on each approach, outlining how you think they’d explain aggression