Wesleyan social psych - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Aggression - Physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone. Ex: shocking someone in an experiment Hostile aggression - Aggression that springs from anger; its goal is to injure Ex: murder Instrumental aggression - Aggression that aims to injure, but only as a means to some other end. Ex: terrorism that is intended to compel liberal democracies to withdraw military forces from territories Instinctive behavior - An innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a speci...