INQ-260PY | Psychology of Aggression

Full Title: Psychology of Aggression

Topic Description:

Why do people harm other people? What methods can we use to study and understand aggression? What evidence do we have for various popular beliefs surrounding aggression? How can different psychological perspectives (developmental, social, biological, cognitive, applied) help us understand aggression? Human aggression takes many forms, from subtle to extreme, and is present across cultures, contexts, and ages. Through this course, students will gain an understanding of the core methodologies and research designs of psychological science and other social sciences as they are used to study human aggression, including the necessity and limitations of each. Topics will vary but will include, for example: personality and psychopathology underlying aggression, gender and aggression, school-based bullying and aggression, heritability of aggression, aggression in childhood and adolescence, information processing factors underlying aggression, effects of social influence, effects of violent media, and interventions aimed at reducing aggression.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: November 2019