1. Ch 10: Aggression Part 2: Mar. 27, 2015

2. 3) Social Learning Theory Is it a learned social behavior? Bandura Learn aggression through observing others. Bobo doll experiment example… – What was the method? – What were the results?

3. – Social learning theory – link to media violence? Frequency of violence on TV – – Bushman & Eron’s longitudinal research on TV – Gerbner’s Cultivation Theory: “Mean World Syndrome” – Contrast with actual crime rates – “Happy Violence”

4. 4) Situational Cues: a) Pain b) Crowding - physical vs. psychological c) Alcohol – certain personality traits important d) Heat - Evidence from MLB - hit batters & retaliation?

5. Importance of Cues Arousal & Aggression Cues Schacter’s experiment: injected subjects w/adrenaline Difference in attributions based on whether side effects were expected What were results? Guns – cues for aggressive behavior, prime hostile thoughts – What are typical experimental results? – Hot sauce experiments – testosterone & gun handling

6. Violent Video Games Link with aggression? – Anderson & Bushman’s research (2001): Play Mortal Kombat or PGA Tournament Golf Next, compete w/others Results? Criticism of this type of research?