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Aggression

1. Social

   • Social learning theory
     • Observation
       • Learning takes place through the observation of models
       • Seeing others reinforced or punished acts as vicarious learning
     • Mental Representation
       • Individual forms mental representations of events
       • Also forms expectations of possible rewards or punsihments
     • Production of behaviour
       • Aggression maintained through direct reinforcement
       • Likelihood of aggression increased if high self efficacy for production
     • Evaluation
       • Badura et al- SLT demonstrated in young children observing aggressive adult model
       • Imitated model but only if model was rewarded for their behaviour
       • Cultural differences
     • IDA
       • Ethical issues make SLT explanation difficult to tes scientifically
   • Deindividuation
     • Social norms usually inhibit antisocial behaviour
     • Inhibitions removed when deindividuated
     • Increased anonymity weaken barrios to antisocial behaoiur
     • Less able to self-reglate behaviour
     • Evaluation
       • Zimbardo- longer shocks with anonymity
   • Institutional Aggression

2. Evolutionary

   • Explanations of group display
   • Evolutionary

3. Biological

   • Neural and Hormonal Explanations
   • Genetic Factors