What can ethology offer the psychological study of human aggression?

Archer, John

doi:10.1002/1098-2337(1995)21:4<243::aid-ab2480210402>3.0.co;2-6

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“…As Archer [1995] noted, a sound descriptive base is necessary for a full understanding of aggression. Indeed, the development of interventions that have successfully reduced aggression amongst children with behavioural problems have made extensive use of observational data (e.g., see Patterson and Narrett, 1990].…”

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Victim and peer group responses to different forms of aggression among primary school children

Tapper

Boulton

2005

Aggr. Behav.

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Both behaviourist and social learning theory emphasise the importance of the consequences of a behaviour on its subsequent frequency of occurrence [e.g., Bandura, 1973[e.g., Bandura, , 1977Skinner, 1953]. Despite this, very little is known about the types of consequences children receive when they aggress towards other children. The present study employed a wireless microphone and hidden camera to record victim and peer responses to primary school children's physical, verbal, indirect, and relational forms of aggression. The results showed that the most frequent consequences of aggression were victim retaliation or withdrawal, and peer support. In addition, the results showed limited support for the suggestion that sex differences in the use of different types of aggression arise due to differential reinforcement from victims and/or peers. The implications of the results for the development of interventions aimed at reducing aggression are considered along with alternative explanations for sex differences in aggression. Aggr. Behav. 31:238-253, 2005. r

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“…As Archer [1995] noted, the study of human aggression has tended to omit the preliminary descriptive phase common to other disciplines. He argued that this has often resulted in poor ecological validity in experimental studies of aggression as well as inappropriate choices of outcome measures.…”

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Victim and peer group responses to different forms of aggression among primary school children

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Boulton

2005

Aggr. Behav.

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“…As Archer [1995] noted, the study of human aggression has tended to omit the descriptive phase common to other disciplines, which has in turn often resulted in a lack of ecological validity in experimental studies of aggression. Clearly, if we are to gain a full understanding of aggression within schools, it is important to gain descriptive data on the way in which aggression is responded to by other children.…”

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Studying aggression in school children: The use of a wireless microphone and micro‐video camera

Tapper

Boulton

2002

Aggressive Behavior

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This paper describes a wireless microphone and micro-video camera used successfully by the present authors to study direct, indirect, and relational forms of aggression in schools. Two major advantages of this equipment are identified; first, it avoids some of the potential biases and difficulties associated with the other methods and, second, it allows researchers to record and analyze a large number of significant variables that may otherwise be difficult to assess. The importance of this kind of data is discussed in relation to the development of effective interventions aimed at reducing aggression in schools.

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“…Since the journal first issue in 1958, until the last issue in 2014, their representativeness was 1.1%. These results are consistent with the unsystematic indications of Archer (1989Archer ( , 1995 and Berkowitz (1993), about the concentration of experimental behavior-analytic studies about induced aggression in the 1960's and 1970's.…”

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“…As JEAB can be considered the flagship journal of EAB (Laties, 2008), a literature survey in the journal can partially map the level of interest in the particular topic. In order to provide a systematic presentation of EAB length of concern with aggression induced by aversive stimulation (for unsystematic commentaries, see Archer, 1989Archer, , 1995Berkowitz, 1993), our objective was to survey JEAB publications, showing the temporal distribution of studies on the subject matter, and presenting some of their methodological characteristics over time.…”

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Induced Aggression in Jeab: A Survey of Publications

Soares¹,

Goulart²

2016

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RESUMOOs primeiros experimentos sobre agressão induzida buscaram estabelecer a relação direta entre estimulação aversiva e comportamento agressivo. A generalidade do fenômeno foi avaliada com variações na espécie dos sujeitos e nos estímulos indutores. Estudos seminais sobre agressão induzida foram publicados no periódico Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB). Os objetivos do presente estudo foram apresentar sistematicamente a distribuição temporal das publicações sobre a agressão induzida no JEAB e descrever seus aspectos metodológicos. Os termos "aggress*", "fight*" e "attack*" foram buscados no banco de dados Wiley Online Library e critérios de seleção foram aplicados. Cinquenta e oito estudos foram analisados. A representatividade global de publicações sobre agressão induzida no JEAB foi de 1,1%. Entre 1962 e 1981, houve publicação regular sobre agressão induzida no periódico, o que representa 2,8% das publicações do JEAB no período referido. Neste intervalo, um primeiro período de publicações foi marcado por investigações envolvendo exposição de ratos e macacos-de-cheiro a choque elétrico, o que resultava em respostas agressivas de luta e de mordida, respectivamente; um segundo período foi marcado por trabalhos que envolviam a exposição de pombos a esquemas de reforço, resultando em respostas agressivas de bicar. O padrão de publicação sobre agressão induzida no JEAB está de acordo com indicações anteriores sobre a distribuição temporal das publicações gerais sobre a agressão induzida. Limitações do presente trabalho são discutidas e sugestões para pesquisas adicionais são fornecidas.Palavras-chave: agressão induzida, JEAB, levantamento ABSTRACT Early experimental research on induced aggression aimed to set the direct relation between aversive stimulation and aggressive behavior. The generality of the phenomenon was evaluated with variations in the subjects' species and in the inducting stimuli. Seminal studies on induced aggression were published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (JEAB). The objectives of the present study were systematically present the temporal distribution of publications on induced aggression in JEAB and describe the studies' methodological aspects. The terms "aggress*", "fight*", and "attack*" were searched in the Wiley Online Library database, and selecting criteria were applied. Fiftyeight articles were analyzed. The global representativeness of publications about induced aggression in JEAB is 1.1%. Between 1962 and 1981, there were regular publications about induced aggression in the journal, representing 2.8% of the publications in JEAB in the referred period. During this interval, a first period of publications was marked by investigations involving the exposition of rats and squirrel monkeys to electric shock, which would result in fighting and biting aggressive responses, respectively; a second period was marked by studies involving the exposition of pigeons to schedules of reinforcement, resulting in aggressive pecking responses. The pu...

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What can ethology offer the psychological study of human aggression?

Cited by 22 publications

References 31 publications

Victim and peer group responses to different forms of aggression among primary school children

Victim and peer group responses to different forms of aggression among primary school children

Studying aggression in school children: The use of a wireless microphone and micro‐video camera

Induced Aggression in Jeab: A Survey of Publications

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