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| Instinctive Behavior | An innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a species |
| Frustration Aggression Theory | The theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress |
| Frustration | The blocking of a goal-directed behavior |
| Aggression | A behavior intended to harm another living being that intends to avoid such harm |
| Hostile Aggression | Aggression that springs from anger; its goal is to injure |
| Instrumental Aggression | Aggression that aims to injure, but only as a means to some other end |
| Displacement | The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. Generally, the new target is a safer or more socially acceptable target |
| Relative Deprivation | The perception that one is less well of than others w/ whom one compares oneself |
| Social Learning Theory | The theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by being rewarded and punished |
| Prosocial Behavior | Positive, constructive helpful social behavior; the opposite of antisocial behavior |
| Social Scripts | Culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various situations |
| Catharsis | Emotional release. The catharsis view of aggression is that the aggressive drive is reduced when one “releases” aggressive energy, either by acting aggressively or by fantasizing aggression |
