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Copyright © 2012 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited
Aggression as a biological phenomenon
• Instinct theory and evolutionary psychology▫ Aggression as an innate, unlearned behaviour pattern
exhibited by all members of a species
• Neural influences
• Genetic influences
• Biochemical influences▫ Alcohol▫ Testosterone▫ Low serotonin▫ Biology and behaviour interact
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Aggression as a response to frustration
Frustration-aggression theoryThe theory that frustration (the blocking of a goal-directed
behaviour) triggers a readiness to aggress
DisplacementThe redirection of aggression to a target other than the
source of the frustrationGenerally a safer or more socially acceptable target
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Aggression as a response to frustration
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Source: Based on Dollard et al. (1939). Frustration and aggression. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press and Miller, N. E. (1941). The frustration-aggression hypothesis. Psychological Review, 48, 337–
342.
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Aggression as a response to frustration
Frustration-aggression theory revisedFrustration produces angerThe role of aggressive cues
Relative deprivationThe perception that one is less well off than others to
whom one compares oneself
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Aggression as learned social behaviour
The rewards of aggression
Observational learningSocial learning theory: The theory that we learn social
behaviour by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punishede.g., Bandura’s “Bobo” doll experiments
The familyThe culture
e.g., the “culture of honour” in the southern U.S.
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