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Social and Behavior Socialization Outcomes (12-1 Self-Regulation of…

- - - - life instinct (Eros) : which causes a person to grow and survive
      - death instinct (Thanatos) : which works toward the individual's self-destruction
      - Freud believed that the energy for the death instinct is constantly generated. If it cannot be released in small amounts in socially acceptable ways, it will eventually ve released in an extreme and socially unacceptable form, such as violence against others or violence against the self. If the aggressive instinct can be redirected (crying, punching a doll, hammering nails), then it can be defused
    - - impulse control, frustration tolerance, and activity level
      - level of certain hormones present in a person has been shown to be related to aggressive behavior
      - males are more aggressive then females (physically and verbally)
    - - PET: positron emission tomography
      - MRI: magnetic resonance imaging
      - identifying a host of specific genes and chemical reactions in the brain that are linked to silent behavior
      - discovering that dysfunctional regulation of the brain chemical serotonin, which affects mood, affects impulsiveness in humans
      - amygdala (one of the brain structure responsible for controlling emotions, has an important role in aggression
  - - - children learn from consequences of their own actions but also learn by observing the consequences of the actions of significant others.
      - children identify with role model (whom they admire and who are perceived to be similar to them)
      - peers
      - parents
      - media
    - - information processing: the way an individual attends to, perceives, interprets, remembers, and acts on events or situations
  - - - aggression can be a result of peer group pressure
    - - individual aggressive tendencies are magnified through social contagion