Theoretical Explanations of Aggression and Violence

Marc A Sestir; Bruce D Bartholow

doi:10.1002/9780470746295.ch8

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Theoretical Explanations of Aggression and Violence

Marc A Sestir and Bruce D Bartholow

Aggressive Offenders' Cognition, pp.155-178

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

11/14/2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470746295.ch8

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Abstract

This chapter contains sections titled: Early Theoretical Conceptualisations Current Theoretical Conceptualisations Conclusions and Future Research References

aggression, instinctual in nature ‐ largely mediated by cognition

Cognitive Neoassociationist Aggression Model (CNA)

cultivation theory ‐ media violence exposure as cause of subset of aggressive behaviour

current theoretical conceptualisations

executive cognitive functioning

recent theory and research examining how human aggression occurs

social cognitive theory ‐ expansion of initial tenets of social learning theory

social‐cognitive information‐processing model

theoretical explanations of aggression and violence

violent offenders

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Title: Subtitle: Theoretical Explanations of Aggression and Violence
Creators: Marc A Sestir - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bruce D Bartholow - University of Missouri
Contributors: Theresa A Gannon (Editor) - University of Kent
Tony Ward (Editor) - Victoria University of Wellington
Anthony R Beech (Editor) - University of Birmingham
Dawn Fisher (Editor) - University of Birmingham
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Aggressive Offenders' Cognition, pp.155-178
DOI: 10.1002/9780470746295.ch8
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; Oxford, UK
Number of pages: 23
Language: English
Date published: 11/14/2007
Academic Unit: Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984446517602771

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