1. Aggression
Unit 3

2. Aggression Topics Social psychological theories of aggression
Social learning theory
Deindividuation
Institutional aggression
Biological explanations of aggression
Neural and Hormonal mechanisms in aggression
Genetic factors in aggressive behaviour
Evolutionary explanations of human aggression
Infidelity
Jealousy
Evolutionary explanations of group displays of aggression
Sport
Warfare

3. Aggression Which picture is showing the most aggression? Why?
What do you think is motivating the aggression in each of the pictures?

5. “An act carried out with the intention to harm another person”
What is Aggression?
“An act carried out with the intention to harm another person”
Hitting
Name
Calling
Refusing to shake hands
Ignore/ Don’t Say Hello
Physical
Verbal
Active
Passive

6. Person-oriented Instrumental Reactive Sanctioned
Types of aggression
Person-oriented
Instrumental
Reactive
Sanctioned

7. Possible answers:
Sanctioned aggression – legitimate given the circumstances. Could also be reactive.
Person-orientated as the sole purpose is to hurt someone else.
Reactive since not being invited to a party is being interpreted as ‘the first strike’.
Instrumental since it is seen as a means to an end – scoring a goal.

8. Explanations of aggression
For this topic you need to know social, biological and evolutionary explanations of aggression
Write a few sentences/ideas on each approach, outlining how you think they’d explain aggression