Summary
Contents
Social Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in social psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements on a social psychology course.
Aggression
Aggression
Aggression
Core Areas
- Catharsis
- Desensitisation
- Disinhibition
- Ethology
- Excitation-transfer theory
- Frustration-aggression hypothesis
- Instincts
- Role of norms
- Role of media
- Weapons effect
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this chapter you should be able to:
- define key terms;
- understand theories of aggression;
- acknowledge the work of key thinkers in this area;
- show an awareness of the personal situational factors that might effect aggression; and
- examine the role of the media on aggression.
Running Themes
- Individual centred approach
- Socio-centred approach
- Social influence
- Social norms
- Deindividuation
Introduction
Berkowitz (1993) sees aggression as an act “involving behaviour, either physical or symbolic, performed with ...
