Social Theories of Aggression

?
  • Created by: Natalie
  • Created on: 12-05-13 19:44
Deindividuation
People are disinhibited when anonymous as part of a crowd - people will act aggressively due to feeling less personally responsible for their actions
1 of 5
Social Learning Theory (SLT)
Says behaviours are learnt in two ways: directly through reinforcement (reward & punishment) and indirectly (vicarious learning) - Bandura Bobo Doll Experiment
2 of 5
Institutional - Police Force
To uphold rules and norms of society police are allowed to use aggression against people breaking the law
3 of 5
Institutional - Military
Aggression is an important feature of a soldiers job, it needs to be controlled and used at the right time
4 of 5
Institutional - Terrorist Groups
Terrorists act in an antisocial way, joining a group and acting aggressively thinking it will bring them certain benefits
5 of 5

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Says behaviours are learnt in two ways: directly through reinforcement (reward & punishment) and indirectly (vicarious learning) - Bandura Bobo Doll Experiment

Back

Social Learning Theory (SLT)

Card 3

Front

To uphold rules and norms of society police are allowed to use aggression against people breaking the law

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Aggression is an important feature of a soldiers job, it needs to be controlled and used at the right time

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Terrorists act in an antisocial way, joining a group and acting aggressively thinking it will bring them certain benefits

Back

Preview of the back of card 5

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Psychology resources:

See all Psychology resources »See all Aggression resources »