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Social learning theory) aggressive behavior is learned by (2)
- -direct rewards
- *father buys son ice cream after he wins a fight
- -observation of others
- *TV character wins girl of dream as a result of killing several people
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Video games) correlation between violent video games and aggressive behavior?
- There is a moderate correlation
- (Aronson & dill)
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Meta-analysis of studies of video games and aggression link) playing violent video games resulted in...
- -increased aggression
- *short and long term
-aggressive thoughts
-anger
-decrease helping
-decrease in empathy
-increased arousal
***same effects for women, male, easterners, westeners
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Effects of violent pornography, demeaning sexual ads, and musc
-similar to the effects of violent video games
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Reducing aggressive behavior) Freudian perspective: 2 concepts
-catharsis
-sublimation
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Reducing aggressive behavior) Freudian perspective: catharsis
- Generally does not work
- *supposed to be if you let aggression out every now and then , its supposed to curb aggression
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Reducing aggressive behavior) Freudian perspective: sublimation
-channeling frustration in acceptable ways
**dispositionally aggressive people may be less likely to exhibit inappropriate aggression if they are football players than office workers
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Reducing aggressive behavior) Freudian perspective: does evidence support sublimation?
Does not support or refute it
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Reducing aggressive behavior) biological perspective: approaches (3)
-perform surgery on amygdala
-reduce testosterone
-increase serotonin
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Reducing aggressive behavior) biological perspective: do these approaches work?
-not see as ethical and they have number of side effects
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Reducing aggressive behavior) social learning perspective: (3)
-punishment is tricky
-provide better role models
-teach people to apologize
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Reducing aggressive behavior) social learning perspective: why is punishment tricky? (2)
-children who are frequently punished become more aggressive themselves
-fear of punishment can lead to counter aggression
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Reducing aggressive behavior) social learning perspective: what does dissonance theory suggest for punishment?
- Suggests using mild threats to encourage compliance
- *feel dissonance if they do not obey
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Reducing aggressive behavior) social learning perspective: what does deterrence theory suggest for punishment?
Sever, certain, and sift punishment
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Reducing aggressive behavior) self affirmation
Reduce dissonance by reminding oneself of one or more positive attributes
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