1. Chapter Ten Aggression: Hurting Others

2. What is aggression?  Hostile aggression  Instrumental aggression Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.2 of 8

3. Theories of aggression  Is aggression inborn?  Instinct theory  Neural influences Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.3 of 8

4. Activating emotion centers of brain

5. Inhibition Center of Brain

6. Theories of aggression (cont).  Genetic influences  Biochemical influences

7. Theories of aggression  Is aggression a response to frustration?  Frustration-aggression theory revised  Is frustration the same as deprivation?  Does money alleviate frustration?  Adaptation-level phenomon  Is aggression learned social behavior?  The rewards of aggression  Observational learning  Social learning thoery Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.4 of 8

8. Influences on aggression  Aversive incidents  Arousal  Media influences:  Pornography  Sexual violence  Television  Group Influences Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.5 of 8

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10. Reducing aggression  Catharsis?  A social learning approach Copyright © 1999 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.6 of 8