Ch 11: Aggression Part 3: Nov. 28, 2011

Media & Aggression: Porn Difficult to research this area – different definitions (‘explicit sexual material’) – Distinguish violent & nonviolent porn – Effects of learning ‘sexual scripts’ Rape myths research –what does it show? Desensitization to brutality

Does violent porn provoke aggression? – Combo of arousal, aggression, & negative emotions Donnerstein’s research – – 1) differences in male-to-male aggression versus male-to-female aggression – 2) How rape is depicted is crucial in influencing viewer’s later aggression Results?

Violence w/Intimate Partners Sexual coercion research – – Links w/alcohol – Changes in perceptions/behaviors – Pre-existing attitudes

Newly researched forms of aggression Road rage – Aronson’s proposal for ‘apology signal’ Cyberbullying – Efforts to stop bullying in Norway that reduced it by 50%:

Reducing Aggression: Punishment For punishment to work, must be: – Prompt – Relatively strong – Consistent – …but potential for retaliation – …what does social learning theory imply?

Incompatible Responses Baron – induce a response incompatible w/anger Study w/confederate stopping at red light, waits for 15 sec after green light What % of cars behind the confed will honk? – What were the different conditions? – What were the results?