An information processing model for the development of aggression
dc.contributor.author | Huesmann, L. Rowell | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-31T18:26:28Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-03-31T18:26:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-03-31T18:26:28Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Huesmann, L. R. (1988) An information processing model for the development of aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 14, 13 24. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83387> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83387 | |
dc.description.abstract | A theory is presented to account for the development of habitual aggressive behavior during early childhood. It is argued that the aggressive child is one who has acquired aggressive scripts to guide behavior early in life. Once estahtihed these scripts become resistant to change and may even persist into adulthood. Aggressive scripts are acquired and maintained through both observational and enactive learning processes. These processes interact with each other as actual aggressive behavior engenders conditions under which the observation of aggressive behavior is more likely and creates conditions that provoke rather than inhibit aggression. The cumulative result is a network of cognitive scripts for social behavior emphasizing aggressive responding. A number of intervening variables may play a role in this cycle, and among the more important would seem to be popularity and academic achievement. Once encoded, the scripts for aggressive behavior may be elicited through a general activation of memory or by specific cues to which the person is exposed. Some of the most potent cues should be those present when the script was encoded, though any aggressive cue may trigger the retrieval of an aggressive script. Thus, observed violence not only provides scripts for future behavior but also triggers the recall of existing aggressive scripts. If these scripts are rehearsed, their recall in the future will be more likely. If undampened, this cumulative learning process can build enduring schemas for aggressive behavior that persist into adulthood. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported in part by grant MH-38683 from the National Institute of Mental Health. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
dc.subject | Scripts | en_US |
dc.subject | Cues | en_US |
dc.subject | Observational Learning | en_US |
dc.subject | Media Violence | en_US |
dc.subject | Rehearsal | en_US |
dc.title | An information processing model for the development of aggression | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Sciences (General) | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 3426514 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83387/1/1988.Huesmann.InfoProcessingModelfortheDevelopmtofAgg.AggBehav.pdf | |
dc.identifier.source | Aggressive Behavior | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Institute for Social Research (ISR) |
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