Social Psychology of Aggression: From Individual Behavior to Social Interaction

ISBN-13: 9783642489211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

A. Mummendey

Opis

Dollard, Doob, Miller, and Mowrer formulated their frustration-aggression hy- pothesis more than forty years ago. Since then the progress in theory of and re- search on aggression has been very slow. Today we know that there are severe li- mitations to their hypothesis. The development of alternative approaches has been restricted by the neglect of sociopsychological concepts. Until a few years ago, social psychology was at the back door of aggression research, and even this superficial acquaintance contained too many cognitive ideas to suit many of the influential heroes of the mainstream of research. There are many reasons for the decline of the old paradigms in aggression re- search, among them the failure to extrapolate from the results of artificial experi- ments to the realities of our time. This book goes much deeper than other texts in the area; it is also a fresh beginning. It endeavors to reformulate the more tradi- tional topics and strongly emphasizes the social framework of aggression. Ac- cordingly, hostile actions must be explained from a sociopsychological perspec- tive. It has remained for Amelie Mummendey to show the way in which European and American research can be effectively integrated in a comprehen- sive reader on aggression.

Spis treści

1. A Social Psychological Interpretation of Human Aggression.- Current Concepts of Aggression.- The Study of Threats and Punishments.- Laboratory Research on Aggression.- Conclusion.- 2. Motivation Theory of Aggression and Its Relation to Social Psychological Approaches.- Motivation Theory of Aggression.- Relationship Between Motivation Theory and Social Psychological Approaches.- Essentials of the Motivation Theory.- Conclusion.- 3. Individual Differences and Aggressive Interactions.- Social Psychological Perspective: “Aggressive” Is Always the Other Person..- “Aggressive” Is Always the Other Person?: Some Research Gaps.- Retaliation Norm in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences.- Causal Ambiguity in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences.- Concluding Remarks.- 4. Aggression as Discourse.- Aggression as Linguistically Grounded.- The Structural Unpacking of Aggression Discourse.- On the Negotiation of Aggression.- Summary.- 5. Aggression: From Act to Interaction.- Mutually Interpreting Behavior in Aggressive Interactions.- The Context of Aggressive Interactions: Taxonomy of Social Situations.- The Actor-Victim Divergence in Aggressive Interactions.- Conceptions About the Progress of Aggressive Interactions.- Conclusion.- 6. Patterns of Aggressive Social Interaction.- Theoretical Approaches.- A Description of Aggressive Incidents.- Discussion.- 7. Frustration, Aggression, and the Sense of Justice.- Reactions to Failure, Obstruction, and Attack.- Coping with Failure.- Coping with Obstruction and Attack.- 8. The Relations Among Attribution, Moral Evaluation, Anger, and Aggression in Children and Adults.- The Role of Norms and Causality in Blame, Anger, and Aggression.- Biasing Conditions.- Conclusions.- General Issues.- 9. Social Justice and the Legitimation of Aggressive Behavior Dieter Birnbacher.- Three Uses of the Concept “Aggression”.- Principles of Social Justice and Their Role in Aggressive Interaction.- The Utilitarian Way Out.- Author Index.