Antisocial Interactions

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Antisocial Interactions

• Chapter 12

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Antisocial Interactions

• What are antisocial interactions?

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The Functions of Aggression- Ethological
Perspective

• Predatory
• Intermale, spontaneous
• Terror-induced
• Irritable
• Territorial Defense
• Defense of Young
• Instrumental
• The Control of Aggression

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A Dynamical Systems Approach

• The Role of Genetic Make-up
• The Role of Interactional History
• The Role of Current Physiological Conditions
• Current Environmental Condition Effects

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The Development of Aggression

• Early Childhood - Basic Training in the Home
• Poor Parental Discipline Monitoring
• Leads to Child Conduct Problems
• The Coercive Family Process (Patterson)

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Coercive Family Process

• 1) Constitutional Differences Among Children and
  Parents
• 2) Inept Child Management
• 3) Normal Aversive Give and Take
• 4) Negative Reinforcement for Coercive Child
  Behavior
• 5) Reinforcement Traps
• 6)Escalation of Response Intensity
• 7) Older Coercive Child
• 8) Reciprocity
• 9) Family Disruption

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Middle Childhood

• Rejection by Normal Peers
• School Failure
• Modeling of Aggressive Behaviors

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Late Childhood Adolescence

• Commitment to Deviant Peer Group
• Delinquency

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Adulthood

• Antisocial Personality

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A Dynamical Systems View of Physical Child Abuse

• Predisposing Factors
• Precipitating Conditions
• Mediating Responses
• Behavioral Responses
• Behavioral Outcomes (Consequences)

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Dual Component Model of Physical Child Abuse
(Vasta)

• Component 1 - Operant Behavior negatively
  reinforced
• Component 2 - Respondent Behavior elicited by
  beating