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FORENSIC AND POLICE PSYCHOLOGY
Contact [email protected]
Lectures23.9., 7.10., 4.11., 16.12.
Consultation hours Upon an email communication first
To begin with...
Introduction of the course Syllabus Credits Requirements
„Forensic“ in other fields
Psychology and psychiatry which individuals become criminal and why
Sociology which segments of the population are criminal
Criminology empirical knowledge concerning crime
analysis of the circumstances, which relate to the beginning, development and control of the crime.
Distinction
units of analysis Crime rates (sociology) – examination of
comparative rates and distribution of offences in relation to social structures
Individual criminal (psychology) – relate criminal behaviour to the personal attributes, histories, and immediate situations of offenders
Terminology
Forensic psychology latin word forum - market place on which
public life took place including the law dealings.
encompasses all applications of psychology in the region of law.
Forensic psychology Many definitions Usually describe only practitioners „within
the legal system“ and not researchers Study of criminal behaviour Legal framework Application of psychology to criminal
investigation, legal, custodial and treatement processes
Relevant to offenders, victims, witnesses, investigators
Practical aspects in assessment, investigation, decision making, criteria
Terminology
Criminal (istic) psychology investigation of criminal cases
Criminal (ogical) psychology theories of criminal behaviour
Criminal psychology Psychological aspects of crime, offender
psychology and motivation of behaviour
Terminology
Law psychology psychological aspects of law negotiations
Police Psychology behaviour of people in situations that
concern law abiding, public order and safety
Terminology
Investigative psychology encompasses all aspects of psychology,
which are relevant to criminal investigations.
concentrates upon the way of how the criminal acts researched, how they are researched, and how they are understood for the investigation to be effective.
Do not confuse with…
Criminalistics science about the mechanisms of the
crime using specialised methods and tools for investigation. DNA Fingerprints Bullet trajectories
Researcher x practitioner
Forensic psychology includes
Police Ψ recruitment, stress
Investigative Ψ profiling
Clinical Ψ assessment
Prison Ψ treatment, parole
Biological Ψ inheritance of criminality
Developmental Ψ aggression, delinquency
Cognitive Ψ testimony, interviewing
Social Ψ media influences
AcademicApplied
What are roles of forensic psychologist
Trial Consultants Expert witnesses Evaluators Prison psychologists Probation Police Profiler Health service Victims Researchers
The beginnings
History in general Crucial aspects
14th century – acceptance of insanity 16th century – acceptance of witnesses 18th century – development of criminology
Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches)
combined local popular beliefs on witches with theological underpining and legal procedures
1486 – Heinrich Krames, Jacob Sprenger to systematically refute all arguments against the reality of
witchcraft, refute those who expressed even the slightest scepticism
about its reality, to prove that witches were more often women than men, to educate magistrates on the procedures that could find
them out and convict them. Section 1
refutes critics who denied the reality of witchcraft, thereby hindering its prosecution
Section 2 describes the actual forms of witchcraft and its
remedies Section 3
to assist judges confronting and combating witchcraft
Classical Criminology
18th century People have free will in making
decisions, and that punishment can be a deterrent for crime, so long as the punishment is proportional, fits the crime, and is carried out promptly.
Cesare Beccaria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_s
chool_of_criminology
Cesare Beccaria
In 1763 Beccaria was assigned to prepare a report on the prison system.
He published his paper called “On Crimes and Punishment” in 1764.
He stated that the crime problem could not be traced to bad people but to bad laws.
Punishment is based on harm Must be due process Aim is at prevention
Cesare Beccaria’s Principles All people should be treated equal before the law Only legislators should create laws Judges should impose punishment according to the
law Judges should not interpret the laws Punishment should be based on the pleasure/pain
principle Punishment should be based on the act, not the
actor The punishment should be determined by the crime Punishment should be prompt and effective Capital punishment should be abolished The use of torture to gain confessions should be
abolished It is better to prevent crimes than to punish for
them
Commentary
This School believed that there are constants of value in pain and gain that can swing a decision to offend or not to offend. But not everyone is the same nor has the same view of what constitutes a price worth paying. It also had a certain utopianism in assuming that the policing system could rapidly grow and deliver a better service of investigation and detection. If certainty of punishment is to be achieved, there must be a major investment in policing.
As other Schools of thought developed, Classicism slowly grew less popular. But it has seen revival through the Neo-Classical School and the theories of Right Realism such as the Rational Choice Theory.
The historical context
The 19th century forces of positivism and evolution moved the field of criminology from a philosophical to a scientific perspective.
Rise of biological determinism Biological factors such as individual’s
genes completely determine how a person behaves
(in opposition to social and environmental factors)
Variety of physical characteristics and disfigurements have been said to characterize individuals of “evil” disposition.
The Italian School – Cesare Lombroso
Published in 1875 “On Criminal Man” Replaced the concept of “free will” Criminality was inherited Theory of “Born Criminals”
Criminals are distinguishable from non-criminals by physical features similar to creatures at an earlier stage of development
Criminals frequently have huge jaw bones, strong canine teeth, long arms.
They lack intelect, maturity, self-control
The Italian School - Enrico Ferri
Student of Cesare Lombroso Investigated social and economic factors Published Criminal Sociology in 1884 Argued that criminals could not be held
morally responsible They did not choose to commit crimes but
rather were driven to commit crimes by the conditions in their lives.
Strict adherence to preventative measures
Gabriel Tarde
Critical of Lombroso Criminals were normal people who learned
crime just as others learned legitimate trades.
Formed his theory according to Laws of Imitation. Individuals imitate others more if they have a
lot of contact with each other. Inferiors imitate superiors
William Sheldon’s Somatotype School
In 1940s through the use of photographs and measurements of nude figures
He formulated that people belong into these groups:
• Endomorph – Heavy builds, move slowly, more likely to fence stolen property than violent crime.
• Mesomorph – Athletic builds, more likely to be violent criminals.
• Ectomorph – Tall, thin, and less social, more intellectual.
Mesomorphs more likely to commit crime.
Mesomorph Body Type:
– hard, muscular body – overly mature appearance – rectangular shaped – thick skin – upright posture
Personality traits: – adventurous, competitive – desire for power and dominance – courageous – indifference to what others think or
want – assertive, bold – zest for physical activity – love of risk and chance
Theories of crime
Crime stems from environment
Anomie Strain theory Social disorganization
Anomie: Emile Durkheim There are several possible pathologies that could
lead to a breakdown of social integration and disintegration of the society: the two most important ones are anomie and forced division of labor; lesser ones include the lack of coordination and suicide
Anomie is a state when too rapid population growth reduces the amount of interaction between various groups, which in turns leads a breakdown of understanding (norms, values, and so on)
crime is "bound up with the fundamental conditions of all social life" and serves a social function. He stated that crime implies, "not only that the way remains open to necessary changes but that in certain cases it directly prepares these changes."[
Strain Theory Social structures within society may pressure
citizens to commit crime Society holds out the same goals to all its
members without giving them equal means to achieve them.
Social structure is the root cause of crime People are law-abiding but when under great
pressure will resort to crime. Crime is also related to anger and frustration
that result when an individual is treated in a way that he or she doesn’t want to be treated in a social relationship.
Social Disorganization Theory
Place matters linking (directly) high crime rates to
neighborhood ecological characteristics, youths from disadvantaged neighborhoods were participants in a subculture in which delinquency was approved behavior and that criminality was acquired in a social and cultural settings through a process of interaction
In high crime areas there is a disintegration of conventional values caused by rapid industrialization, increasing immigration, and urbanization.
Crime stems from culture
Cultural deviance theory Cultural transition Cultural conflict theory Subculture
Cultural Deviance Theories Criminals violate the law because they belong to a
unique subculture - the counter-culture - their values and norms conflicting with those of the working-, middle- or upper-classes upon which criminal laws are based.
This subculture shares an alternative lifestyle, language and culture, and is generally typified by being tough, taking care of their own affairs and rejecting government authority.
Role models include drug dealers, thieves and pimps, as they have achieved success and wealth not otherwise available through socially-provided opportunities. It is through modelling organised crime as a counter-cultural avenue to success that such organisations are sustained.
Cultural transition
The position of the group is defined in terms of economic status and cultural values.
Delinquency is socially learned behavior, transmitted from one generation to the other in disorganized urban areas.
Areas of high crime rates also had high community problems.
In the high delinquency areas there was a general acceptance of non-conventional norms.
Cultural Conflict Theory
Different groups learn different conduct norms and that the conduct norms of some groups may clash with conventional middle-class rules.
Theory of subculture Certain groups or subcultures in society have
values and attitudes that are conducive to crime and violence
Subculture – a subdivision within the dominate culture that has its own norms, beliefs, and values.
Delinquent subcultures, like all subcultures, emerge in response to special problems that members of the dominant culture do not face.
The subculture of violence thesis argues that the value systems of some subcultures demand the use of violence in certain social situations.
Crime stems from social contacts
Differential association theory Opportunity Labelling
Differential Association Theory
Developed by Edwin Sutherland Process by which criminal traditions are transmitted Through interaction with others, individuals learn the
values, attitudes, techniques, and motives for criminal behavior.
This theory focuses on how individuals learn how to become criminals, but does not concern itself with why they become criminals.
Social influences that people encounter determine their behavior.
Therefore whether a person becomes a law abiding citizen or criminal depends on their contacts with criminal values, attitudes, definitions, and behavior patterns.
Crime is learned through social interaction with people who are favourable to crime
Opportunity
Delinquents remain goal oriented. The kind of delinquent behavior they
engage in depends on the illegitimate opportunities available to them.
In other words as opportunities appear the individual may take it.
Labeling Theory Deviance is not inherent to an act, but
instead focuses on the tendency of majorities to negatively label minorities or those seen as deviant from standard cultural norms.
Individuals become criminals because of what people with power do.
Individuals have criminal status conferred upon them by both the criminal justice system and the community
criminal acts themselves are not particularly significant; but the social reaction to them is
reactions of other people and the subsequent effects of those reactions create deviance
Aggression
Children see, children do http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=7ZscS775ek8
Aggression
• The intentional infliction of some form of harm on others
• Behaviour that results in personal injury or destruction of property
• Depends on values and social context• Unjustified from observers’ perspective• Is not motivated by attempts to help another• Violates social norms• Offensive behaviour• Violation of human rights• Assertive behaviour• Aggressive tendencies
Typology of Aggressive Behaviour
Response modality Response quality Immediacy Visibility Instigation Goal direction Type of damage Duration of conseq. Social units involved
Verbal vs physical Action vs failure to act Direct vs indirect Overt vs covert Unprovoked vs retaliative Hostile vs instrumental Physical vs psychological Transient vs longterm Individuals vs groups
Aggression Is
Consistent Stable over time Accross cultures
Individual differences are due to Cognition Emotionality Inhibition of aggression
· Aggressivity· Permanent disposition or a personality trait· Influenced by biological and social factors Person can stand by his opinions and put forth own rights
Violence Tendency to harm Use of force
Assault Causing bodily injury
Hostility· Attitude characterized by negative feelings toward others
· Anger· Emotion, which is correlated with aggression
· Emotions· Relates to evaluation of people and situations· Prepares for reaction when encountering
problems· Automatic, quick reactions· Regulate social relations
Biological explanations
Roots of aggressive behaviour lie in the biological nature of humans rather than psychological functioning
Views Ethological Sociobiological Behaviour genetic
Ethological view
Ethology – comparative study of animal and human behaviour
Lorenz Aggressive energy os developed and set
free in both humans and animals We build up the energy
Behavioural perspective
Aggression is one of many responses to frustration
Frustration is an interference in threatening needs or people
Tendency to aggression increases by Strength of frustration needs Degree of interference of frustrative behaviour Number of frustration needs
Social Learning Theory
Social Learning Theory maintains that delinquency behavior is learned through the same psychological process as any other behavior.
We learn behaviour in various ways
Observational Learning Argues that individuals learn violence and
aggression through behavioral modeling. Direct Experience
We learn from what we do. If we are praised or rewarded for a behavior, we are likely to repeat it. If we are subjected to punishment we are likely to refrain from such behavior.
We learn behaviour in various ways
Differential Reinforcement (1) the persistence of criminal behavior
depends on whether or not it is rewarded or punished and
(2) the most meaningful rewards and punishments are those given by groups that are important in an individuals life – the peer group, the family, teachers, etc.
ModellingWhen a subject observes a model perform some behaviour and then attempts to imitate that behaviour.
A. Bandura
Learning process Reinforcement provide information about
effects of behaviour This is required through observation upon
which people develop expectations about the likely outcome of behaviour
Outcomes include consequences Then behaviour is adjusted to meet personal
and social standards through self-regulation of self-reward and punishment
A. Bandura
Aggression is learned socially Agression is under the control of outer rewards or punishments Aggression can be learned through inner self-reward or self-
punishment Learning aggression is also under cognitive control of our
expectations of the effects of behaviors.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDtBz_1dkuk&feature=related
Behavioural learning theories
H. Eysenck General theory of criminal behaviour Based upon psychological concept of
conditioning People learn rules and norms of society through
the development of conscience This is acquired through learning Person receives rewards or punishments for his
behaviour
Social model of aggression Is socially and culturaly regulated Within the context of institutions and relationships Is a result of social learning (positively reinforced) Is a tool to gain something
Violence can be also presented as socially acceptable way to gain something (justice, truth, freedom)
Adds the concepts of intent, conscinousness, responsibility, motives, reason for the act, guilt
People are not just biological creatures
Socio-psychological approach
Human aggression is directed by the perceived situation and social context
Aggression is a normal result of conflict Situational and interpersonal factors are
critical
Cognitive Approach
Learnt responses for social behaviour are largely controlled by “ cognitive scripts”,
Scripts are learned and memorised during the young child's daily experiences and persisting into adulthood.
These scripts are stored in a person’s memory and are used as guides for behaviour and social problem solving, suggesting how the person should behave in response to events, and what the likely outcome of these behaviours would be.
TYPES OF AGGRESSION
Aggression Levels
Levels of aggression can be influenced by situational factors and individual differences. Individual Differences:
Biological factorsCultural norms
Family background
Situational Factors:FrustrationDiscomfort
Aggressive cues
Aggression indicators Irritability and tendency to emotional
reactions Heightened emotional reaction to events that
are perceived as frustrating Hostile thinking
Either goes away quickly or remains for a long time
Whether the person overcomes thoughts for revenge and aggression quickly or not
Aggression indicators Tolerance toward violence
Positive attitude toward violence Feelings of guilt and fear of punishment
Guilt from aggression can be manifested by fear of punishment and empathy
Fear is passive reaction Empathy is more active, when the person
tries to make up for the behavior
Aggression and Personality
Research supports consistency of aggression
Individual differences Cognition, emotions, inhibition of aggression
Aggression and personality Factors
Attention disorder Impulsivity Mother abusing drugs or alcohol Bad prenatal sustenance Low postnatal stimulation
Hostile interpretation of events Choose or create environment in
accordance to antisocial behaviour
Aggression and reaction to self
Tedeschi and Felson (1995) Protecting one’s face
Attack is perceived as threat to one’s status and power Creates feelings of humiliation
Assertive self-presentation Attempt to create certain presentation about one’s
personality Through power
Protective self-presentation Defend the value of one’s self, which is threatened Avoid the appearance of weakness
The value of self Factors inhibiting or facilitating aggression in relation to the
value of self Norms of politeness inhibiting attack Justification of aggression The role of a third person
See also Milgram’s experiment Identity
If attention is aimed inside self – behaviour conforms to inner norms
If attention is aimed outward self and the person accounts for the presence of others – then he will act in accordance to the expectations of others
Influence of anonymity on aggression deindividuation
Aggression as violation of norms Group norms – norm as a consensus Individual norms – norm as a perception Two types of social norms
Inductive – traditional social norms Descriptive – information for solving certain
situation Activation of norms is unavoidable for behaviour In some situation, there is a discrepancy in how
people should behave according to norms and how they really behave
It depends upon what norm is activated
Motives of aggression Agreement of others Gaining power over others Self-assertion
Gaining respect Revenge Contempt Gaining advantages Purposeful aggression
Reactance – when the autonomy of the individual is threatened
Other factors influencing aggression
Why did this happen?
Bystander effect Ambiguity Fear of social mistake Competency
Diffusion of responsibility Personal factors
Emotional state Accepting the guilt
http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&brand=msnbc&vid=214b96c4-272d-46c7-aba4-158d5355df71&from=00
Schemas and stereotypes
Schema
Organized, structured set of cognitions Guidelines what is relevant Results of
Self-perception Categorization Interpretation
of a situation
Effects of schemas
Fill in the gaps – expectations Aids in interpretation of information False recognition of schema as a
relevant information Recall information as fitting the schema
Effects of categorization of schemas
Ingroup Ingroup individuation
Outgroup Outgroup homogeneity effect Ultimate attribution error
Out-group/ In-group The realization of different category is
enough to prefer members of one’s owns group over members of another group
Hostility is related to to social factors such as social, economical and political situation
Stereotyping and efficient perception
People prefer simple, well-structured impressions
By using categorical representations Putting people or things into groups or
categories
Stereotyping
Cognitive beliefs about typical characteristics of group members
Set of characteristics that are presumed to best describe certain category of people
One identificator for many people Influences
Behavior of people Attitudes Perception
Effects of stereotyping
Assimilation to category Self-fulfilling prophecy
Revision of stereotypes Conversion Bookkeeping Sub- typing
Influence of group
Group polarization
Group-produced enhancement of members´preexisting tendencies. A strengthening of the members´average tendency, not in split within the group.
Group polarization
Normative pressure of the group The opinions become more extreme Groupthink Symptoms
Pressure to conform Self-censorship Mindguards Apparent unanimity Restricted information flow Illusion of morality Illusion of invulnerability
Groupthink
tendency for people in groups to converge on unwise course s of action they would have avoided if they were making the decision individually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtEabrR0I7Q&feature=related
Symptoms of groupthink
Overestimation of group’s right Illusion of invulnerability Belief in group’s morality
Close-mindedness Rationalization Stereotyped view of the opponent
Pressure toward unanimity Conformity Self-censorship Illusion of unanimity Mindguard
De-individuation
Loss of self-awareness and evaluation apprehension, occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individual.
De-individuation
Focus on the group Anonymity Diffusion of responsibility Attention is outward at a common goal Prentice-Dunn and Rogers (1989)
Public self-awareness Private self-awareness
Deindividuation
Deindividuation Is a state of inhibited self-evaluation Person behave according to norms created
by the group, which may be antisocial Loss of self-awareness and evaluation
apprehension, occurs in group situations that foster anonymity and draw attention away from the individual.
De-individuation
Focus on the group Anonymity Diffusion of responsibility Attention is outward at a common goal
Influence of leadership
Sherif’s studies of norm formation Muzafer Sherif Point of light Asked how far it traveled Subject alone at first, then with others So eventually they agreed with the group A year later, retested alone
A YEAR later, continued to follow the group norm
Solomon Asch & the lines
He showed people lines of different lengths.
Several people in the room, only 1 truly a subject.
Asked which was longer. Alone, they were correct 99% of the time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKivdM
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In groups…
37% of them would go alone with the others giving the wrong answer
Asch “that reasonably intelligent & well-meaning young people were willing to call white black is a matter of concern.”
Note also
No reward for conformity No punishment for failing to conform No friends in group
Most conformity with a group of 5
Obedience
Direct request to do something based on the authority even if it’s against my values
Conditions that affect… Undermine the authority Physically closer Presence of dissenter
Milgram experiment
Did NOT use college students Used community men and women aged
20 to 50 Shock board ranges from 15 to 450 volts
Did 6 variations of experiment 1. Remote condition: Learner not seen,
only heard pounding on the wall at 300 volts
Compliance: 65%
2. Voice Feedback
Asks to be let out, says he has a heart condition
Compliance: 63% went to the end of the board
3. Proximity-Learner in Room In the presence of the subject being
shocked
Compliance: 40%
4. Touch & Proximity
Subjects to force learner’s hand to hot plate
Compliance: 30%
5. Subject participating but
Other person delivered the shocks
Compliance: 93%
6. Orders given by phone
Compliance drops to 21%
And some lied, saying they did it but did not
What breeds obedience?
1. Emotional distance of the victim.
Less seen, less thought about.
2. Closeness & Legitimacy of Authority
Experimenters asking them to continue was enough.
When experimenter was present, harder to resist. When absent, could disobey.
3. Institutional authority
Prestige of Yale carried this one a ways.
But when they did it as “Research Associates of Bridgeport” they still got 48% compliance.
When do People conform?
1. Group size. Optimal number: 5. 2. Unanimity: group consensus makes it
easier to conform. 3. cohesion: a person inside the group
may move it, rarely outsiders. 4. Status. Higher status people have
more impact.
When do we conform?
Size of the group More people, more likely we conform
Commitment Unanimity Personality Mindlessness
Who conforms?
1. Women may conform slightly more often than men.
Believed to be because women do accept influence of people w/ greater status and power.
Since men typically have more of this, women conform to men.
Personality
Didn’t matter much.
In strong situations, like Milgram & Zimbardo, poor predictors.
In weaker situations, may matter.
Zimbardo Prison Experiment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o0N
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GROUP AGGRESSION
Group aggressiondevelopment and behaviour
Competition between groups Pervasive and enduring phenomenon Used to explain
origins of class struggle Rebellions Warfare Cultural and social structures
Competition is over resources Power, prestige, territory, status, wealth
Realistic conflict theory
Seeks to explain the nature and consequences of such competition
One’s group gain is perceived as another group’s loss
Aspects influences are Perception of group’s threat Prejudice Stereotyping Heightened group solidarity and identity
Muzafer Sherif study
Summer camp studies 24 white, middle-class 11-12 year old boys 3 weeks 3 stages
Group formation (1 week, activities separately) Intergroup conflict (2 week, tournament) Conflict reduction (3 week, cooperation)
Social identity theory
Simply being divided into groups, without interaction can create in-group bias
Tajfel (1970) – Minimal group studies Two groups, no interaction even with members
of own group The mere perception that one belonged to a
particular group appeared to be sufficient to elicit discrimination in favour of own group In-group favoritism Out-group discrimination
Explanations
Existence of discriminatory norms, which are taught – us x them
Experimenter bias – subjects believed it was expected of them to be biased
Perceived similarity Discriminatory behaviour is a result of
perception Categorization
Social categorisation, social identity, social comparison
Social dominance theory
Inter-group relations derive in large measure from perceived social hierarchies By age By gender Abitrary systems – ethnicity, race, class, caste,
religion, region, nation Arbitrary-set social hierarchies are
pervasive, enduring, resistant to change and major cause of intergroup aggression
Low-level aggression
Ostracism – being avoided, rejected, excluded Physical Social
Gossip – rumour, report of intimate and personal nature Malicious, demeaning, degrading
Uncertainty Outcome-relevant involvement Personal anxiety Credulity
Low-level aggression
Hazing – initiation customs Teasing
Aggression Humour Ambiguity about its seriousness
Cursing
Low-level aggression
Bullying Harm-intending behaviour of verbal and/or
physical character that is typically unprovokes and repeated.
Intended behaviour Frequetly causes distress to the victim
Direct – face-to-face confrontation, open physical attack, threats, intimidation
Indirect – social exclusion, isolation, scapegoating, spreading of rumours
Bullying as group phenomenon
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
Y
• A – The bully – Start the bullying
• B – Followers – Take active part, but do not start
• C – Supporters – Support but do not také active part
• D – Passive supporters, possible bully – like it but do not display open support
• E – Onlookers – feels its not their problem
• F – Possible defenders – Dislike it, think they should help but do not
• G – Defenders – Help or try to help
• Y – The victim
Frequency – difficult to estimate Boys bully more frequently then girls Most bullying happens in middle school Directed toward special needs children
Causes Signs of distress from possible victims Counteraggression Helplessness Nonchalance
Intervention
Enhance individuation Intimate contact Multiple contact Institutional support Cooperation Empathy Moral education
Aggression Levels
Levels of aggression can be influenced by situational factors and individual differences. Individual Differences:
Biological factorsCultural normsFamily background
Situational Factors:FrustrationDiscomfortAggressive cues
Psychodiagnosis of aggression Questionnaires
Buss-Durkee Inventory 75 questions 5 subgroups of aggression
FAF Freiburger Aggression Fragebogen 11 subtypes of aggresion
Projective techniques TAT – Thematic Apperception Test, Murray PFT – Picture Frustration Test, Rosenzweig Draw a human figure test Rorschach
Aggression indicators Irritability and tendency to emotional
reactions Heightened emotional reaction to events that
are perceived as frustrating Hostile thinking
Either goes away quickly or remains for a long time
Whether the person overcomes thoughts for revenge and aggression quickly or not
Aggression indicators Tolerance toward violence
Positive attitude toward violence Feelings of guilt and fear of punishment
Guilt from aggression can be manifested by fear of punishment and empathy
Fear is passive reaction Empathy is more active, when the person
tries to make up for the behavior
Different types of aggression cannot be explained according to the same paradigm Bullying Torture Murder Terrorist act Violent acts of police Mass killing
Questions and back