Outline and evaluate two social psychological explanations of human aggression (24 Marks) Deindividuation theory is a social psychological explanation of aggression. It explains how rational individuals can become aggressive hooligans in a mob or crowd as it suggests that losing their sense of identity and self awareness deindividuates people. Individuals in groups fail to see the consequences of their actions‚ and the social norms they would normally follow are forgotten and this is when aggressive
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learning theory as an explanation of aggression (24) According to the social learning theory there are multiple ways of learning behaviours‚ such as aggression. One way of learning behaviours is through observation and some psychologists have claimed children primarily learn aggressive behaviours observing role models (someone who is similar to the child or in a position of power‚ of who the child can copy behaviour from). For example‚ children may learn aggression from watching their parents act in
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How social learning and aggression affects children’s behaviour Introduction This report introduces you to a study by Bandura‚ Ross and Ross which aimed at finding out how social learning and aggression as contributed to our understanding of children’s behaviour. We will find out why they had done this research‚ what happened during this experiment and their outcomes. Background: Bandura and colleagues researched how we learn‚ particularly how social learning has framed aspects of behaviour
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DISCUSS THE ROLE OF NEURAL AND HORMONAL MECHANISMS IN HUMAN AGGRESSION Neurotransmitters are chemicals that enable impulses within the brain to be transmitted from one area of the brain to another. Serotonin is thought to reduce aggression by inhibiting responses to emotional stimuli that might otherwise lead to an aggressive response. Low serotonin in the brain has been associated with an increased susceptibility to impulsive behaviour‚ aggression and even violent suicide. A meta-analysis found that serotonin
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“To control aggression without inflicting injury is the art of peace.” said Morihei Ueshiba. In other ways‚ aggression is a behavior or a disposition that is forceful‚ hostile or attacking; it can be physical or can be communicated verbally‚ besides most people agree that it can become dangerous and that it is a serious problem. Aggression can be caused by negative emotions‚ bullying and violent video games. Aggression is caused in large part by the negative emotions that we experience. As
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Outline and evaluate one social psychological theory of aggression (24) One social-psychological theory of aggression is Bandura’s Social Learning Theory (SLT)‚ which suggests that people learn behaviour by not only direct reinforcement and punishment but also by observing the behaviour of others. If a person observes aggressive behaviour from a model figure‚ they may imitate this behaviour‚ especially if they identify or look up to the model. This does not necessarily mean that the aggressive behaviour
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ability to use aggressive behaviour to get what they want. Children who are confident that they will be able to use aggressive behaviour effectively to achieve their ends are high in self-efficacy; those with less confidence in their ability to use aggression are low in self-efficiency and may decide to use other methods. The social learning theory is supported by Bandura et al.‚ who found that children who observed a model behaviour behaving aggressively towards a Bobo doll were more likely to reproduce
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This paper compares the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and social structural theory on sex differences in jealousy‚ mate preferences‚ and aggression. These two theories shed somewhat different lights on the origins of sex differences between men and women. Both theories discuss sex differences in mate preferences‚ jealousy‚ and aggression. Explanations from the two theories are compared and contrasted. Explanations for Sex Differences Evolutionary psychologists have developed
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Outline and evaluate one or more theories on institutional aggression (24) One explanation of institutional aggression (otherwsie known as IA) are dispositional factors‚ this means that aggression is determined by a persons pre-existing disposition and personal characteristics that will impact on how aggressive they behave. The theory states that for example‚ if a large amount of people with aforementioned characteristics are in an institution then it is the norm and IA will occur. Furthermore
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An Examination of the Cause of Gender Differences in Aggression and Violent Behavior through Sociocultural and Biological Factors It may not come as a surprise to many that there exists a significant difference in the gender of perpetrators of violent crimes. For example‚ in tracking the perpetrators of homicide in the United States by gender and year‚ one can find that males outnumber females many times over‚ with over 15‚000 more males than females committing homicide in the early 1990’s
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