Aggression/Keywords/Categories

Types of anti-social behaviour[edit | edit source]

Evolutionary
Instinct (thanatos)
Social learning
Drive theory & the frustration-aggression hypothesis
Aggression-catharsis hypothesis
Relative deprivation theory
Personality
Unpleasant moods
Anger
Excitation-transfer
Cognitive
- Stereotypes
- Prejudice
- Schemas
- Scripts
- Attributions
  - Hostile attribution bias
  - Hostile perception bias
  - Hostile expectation bias
Age
Gender
- Males - more hostile (esp. ~puberty)
- Females - more relational
Stress
Selfishness
Domestic & relationship violence
Means to solve social dispute
As a form of social influence
Sexual motivation
Sexual excitation/arousal-transfer
Domestic
Displacement
- Triggered displacement
Aggressive cues
- Weapons effect
Mass media
Unpleasant environments
Chemical
- Genetic makeup
- Hormones - e.g., Testosterone (high)
- Neurochemical - e.g., Serotonin (low)
- Alcohol
- Nutrition
Direct provocation & reciprocity norm
Self
- Self-control (low)
- Wounded pride (violent individuals)
- Narcissism
- Disinhibition
  - Learned disinhibition
- Sexual arousal / pornography
Culture
- Norms
  - Injunctive
  - Descriptive
- Values
- Honour
- Humiliation
Crowd mind / behaviour
- Deindividuation
- Emergent norm theory
- Social identity