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Social Psychology, 7/e
David G Myers, Hope College
Aggression: Hurting Others

Chapter Outline

What Is Aggression?

Theories of Aggression

  1. Is Aggression Biological?
    1. Instinct Theory and Evolutionary Psychology
    2. Neural Influences
    3. Genetic Influences
    4. Biochemical Influences
  2. Is Aggression a Response to Frustration?
    1. Frustration-Aggression Theory Revised
    2. Is Frustration the Same as Deprivation?
    3. Relative Deprivation
  3. Is Aggression Learned Social Behavior?
    1. The Rewards of Aggression
    2. Observational Learning

Influences on Aggression

  1. Aversive Incidents
    1. Pain
    2. Heat
    3. Attacks
    4. Crowding
  2. Arousal
  3. Aggression Cues
  4. Media Influences: Pornography and Sexual Violence
    1. Distorted Perceptions of Sexual Reality
    2. Aggression Against Women
    3. Media Awareness Education
  5. Media Influences: Television
    1. Television's Effects on Behavior
    2. Television's Effects on Thinking
  6. Group Influences

Reducing Aggression

  1. Catharsis?
  2. A Social Learning Approach

Personal Postcript: Reforming a Violent Culture









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