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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Social Dominance
The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
What is Aggression?
• Instrumental aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Theories of Aggression
• Aggression as a biological phenomenon– Instinct theory
(evolutionary psychology)
– Neural influences– Genetic influences– Blood chemistry
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Theories of Aggression
• Aggression as a response to frustration– Frustration-aggression theory – Frustration-aggression theory revised– Relative deprivation
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Theories of Aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Theories of Aggression
• Aggression as learned social behavior– The rewards of aggression– Observational learning
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Theories of Aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Influences on Aggression
• Aversive incidents– Pain, – Heat– Attacks– Crowding
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Influences on Aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Influences on Aggression
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Reducing Aggression
• Catharsis?• A social learning approach
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Supplemental Slides
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The Nature and Nurture of Aggression
Murder Rates Vary
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