institutional aggression (5 marks) AO1 description. b) evaluate the explanation for institutional aggression outlined in part a) (20 marks) A. Aggression between humans has both impersonal and institutional aggressions. Institutional aggression may occur within institutions like prisons‚ army or psychiatric hospitals. The interpersonal factors - the ’importance model’ suggested that prisoners when they get put into the jail they bring their own social history (maybe of violence/aggression) and traits
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Outline and assess the main theories of aggression Aggression is an act of hostility with deliberate intention to harm another person against his or her will. Some psychologists believe that aggression is an important aspect of our evolutionary ancestry and it is understood better in that context‚ whereas others believe that aggression is best explained in physiological terms e.g. the imbalance of hormones or neurotransmitters in the brain. There are many definitions used to explain why humans/
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Aggression is angry verbal or physical behaviors towards others. They’re three types of aggression: hostile‚ instrumental‚ and relational. Hostile aggression is hurting someone without a reason. Instrumental aggression is hurting someone to get something from them. Finally relational aggression is ruining friendships or excluding someone as a form of bullying. These forms of aggression are usually caused by biological‚ social & cultural contributions or emotional & cognitive contributions. Biological
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up of the Hitlerjugend for male youth ages 14–18; the younger boys’ section Deutsches Jungvolk for ages 10–14; and the girls’ section the League of German Girls. After going through several years of this camp‚ (which he compared to today’s version of the Boy Scouts with some military training) it was finally time for him to decide on a job in the German military ranks. He had heard from several of his older peers in the Hitler Youth that the pilots in the Luftwaffe were among the strongest and most
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neural and/or hormonal mechanisms in aggression (8 marks + 16 marks) Aggression is a behavior directed towards another intended to harm or injure. Neurotransmitters are chemicals that enable impulses in the brain to be transmitted from one area of the brain to another. There’s evidence that the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are closely linked to aggressive behavior. Low levels of serotonin and high levels of dopamine have been associated with aggression in both animals and humans. Low levels
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the German-speaking Community in Belgium that consists of around 72.000. Having belonged to Germany for several years‚ the Community is attached to Belgium after the Second World War in 1945. In 1983‚ the Community is officially acknowledged as the German-speaking Community. Nowadays‚ the German-speaking Community consists of the nine municipalities Kelmis‚ Lontzen‚ Raeren‚ Eupen‚ Bütgenbach‚ Büllingen‚ Amel‚ Sankt Vith and Burg-Reuland. Being situated in the French-speaking Wallonia‚ German-speakers
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The German Protestants were a group of religious people who sought refuge in the New World away from the fighting and hate in Germany. The Germans first started to go to the New World in the 17th century to get away from religious persecution‚ and started to build their colonies with the help of pre-existing colonies. German Protestants were an interesting group of people because of why they wanted to leave Germany‚ when and where they went to the New World‚ and how they set up their colonies. In
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socialization that are brought by adults. The third reason is focused on similar sex differences found in man and subhuman primates. Finally‚ it is argued that aggression is related to sex hormones‚ which can be changed. The empirical statements seem to be very questionable based on the existence of well-established sex differences in aggression. What Maccoby and Jacklin did was to make people see the important consideration of cross-cultural generality‚ which is a
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are activated by particular situational incentives. Through this experiences we direct our ways and make choices based on our social needs. 14. Discuss the relationship between the need for power and interpersonal aggression. Power is having impact on others and interpersonal aggression is where you compare yourself with the social norm and have a classification. These two relate in that they both impact each other through comparing themselves with society. Through the need of power‚ we can influence
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The World Wars were in some ways similar but also‚ different. The World Wars had similarities in the way the wars were caused‚ how the wars ended‚ in regards to who lost‚ and propaganda. The casualties‚ the cost‚ and the military tactics however‚ were some of their differences. World War I was caused by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria in June 1914. However‚ World War II was caused by the political and economic instability in Germany‚ along with the bad conditions of
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