Significance of aggression Examples: Road rage Phoebe Your reactions

Individual differences Proactive aggressors:   Reactive aggressors:

Significance of aggression Bullying (school-, cyber-bullying) School-violence Stability High! Developmental outcomes

Dodge’s social-information processing theory of aggression Six cognitive steps a person goes through when reacting to possible aggression *Reactive aggressors: high levels hostile, retaliatory aggression   Proactive aggressors: highly aggressive, find aggressive acts easy to perform

Dodge’s Six steps Encode social cues ________ social cues Formulate social _________ Generate _______________________ Evaluate strategies and _____________ ________ response (*Peer evaluation and response)

Dodge’s Six steps: A case Encode social cues ________ social cues Formulate social _________ Generate _______________________ Evaluate strategies and _____________ ________ response (*Peer evaluation and response)

Reactive aggressors: Hostile attributional bias SITUATIONAL INFERENCES of hostile intent AGGRESSIVE RETALIATION EXPECTANICES RE: PEERS’ HOSTILE INTENT Hostile COUNTER ATTACKS , PEER REJECTION

Reactive aggressors: Hostile attributional bias: SITUATIONAL INFERENCES of hostile intent AGGRESSIVE RETALIATION EXPECTANICES RE: PEERS’ HOSTILE INTENT Hostile COUNTER ATTACKS , PEER REJECTION

What can we do? Interventions:

Research updates TV viewing, educational programming Violent video games Peers, social status Others