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Aggression: Its Nature, Causes, and...
Chapter Objectives
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After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Contrast the views of Freud, Lorenz, and evolutionary perspectives in terms of how aggression develops.
- State the purpose of drive theories of aggression and note the most well-known of these theories.
- Identify the ways by which social psychologists study aggression in the laboratory.
- Discuss why the original frustration-aggression hypothesis is NOT considered to be accurate by most contemporary social psychologists.
- Outline the major points of excitation transfer theory.
- Identify individual difference or personal causes of aggression by discussing (among others) the Type A behavior pattern, hostile and instrumental aggression, and the hostile attributional bias.
- Identify the nature of gender differences in aggression.
- Discuss how temperature and alcohol may influence aggression.
- Contrast the characteristics of bullies, victims, and bully/victims and note the ways by which bullying behavior can be reduced.
- Note the prevalence of workplace violence and summarize the three main categories of aggression in the workplace.
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Consider whether punishment can be an effective deterrent to violence.
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Evaluate the veracity of the catharsis hypothesis.
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Identify the various techniques (both cognitive and non-cognitive interventions) that can be used in order to reduce aggression.
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