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| Aggression: aggression in psychology refers to behavior intended to harm or injure another person physically or verbally. It can manifest as hostile actions, threats, or expressions of anger. See also Behavior, Social behavior, Social cognition, Social skills._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Social Psychology on Aggression - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 182 Aggression/Social psychology: Social information processing theory describes a series of four steps involving cognitive mechanisms that can account for whether an individual behaves aggressively or not in real time. 1) Encoding information from the social environment; individuals who have problems taking in relevant information to be able to understand situations fully are more likely to behave aggressively (Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 1990)(1). 2) Making attributions for why other people behaved as they did or why an event occurred; individuals who make hostile, as opposed to benign, attributions are more likely to behave aggressively (Dodge, Price, Bachorowski, & Newman, 1990)(2). 3) Generating possible responses to a given situation; individuals who generate fewer possible responses overall and who generate more aggressive responses are more likely eventually to behave aggressively (Asarnow & Callan, 1985)(3). 4) Evaluating different possible responses; individuals who believe that aggression will lead to desired instrumental and interpersonal outcomes and that it is a good way to behave in a given situation are more likely to behave aggressively (Smithmyer, Hubbard, & Simons, 2000)(4). >Information processing. 1. Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. (1990). Mechanisms in the cycle of violence. Science, 250, 1678—1683. 2. Dodge, K. A., Price, J. M., Bachorowski, J., & Newman, J. P. (1990). Hostile attributional biases in severely aggressive adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 99, 385—392. 3. Asarnow, J. R., & Callan, J. W. (1985). Boys with peer adjustment problems: Social cognitive processes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 53, 80—87. 4. Smithmyer, C. M., Hubbard, J. A., & Simons, R. F. (2000). Proactive and reactive aggression in delinquent adolescents: Relations to aggression outcome expectancies. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 86—93. Jenifer E. Lansford, “Aggression. Beyond Bandura’s Bobo Doll Studies“, in: Alan M. Slater and Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Social Psychology Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |
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