Institutional Aggression

• What are prisons usually described as?

  Horrible and violent places
• Why might prisons be more violent than society?

  They are designed to be unpleasant
• What are the two psychological theories explaining prison aggression?

  Situational and dispositional theories
• What does the term 'institutional' refer to?

  Any human organization
• What is the focus of the video discussed?

  Aggression within prisons
• What do dispositional factors suggest about prison aggression?

  Aggression is due to personal characteristics
• What do situational factors suggest about prison aggression?

  Aggression is due to the prison environment
• What is the importation model?

  Problems from the streets are brought into prison
• What is one characteristic of gang members in prison?

  They bring their outside alliances and rivalries
• What type of violence is described as instrumental violence?

  Violence used as a tool
• What are some wider issues affecting prisoners?

  Alcohol and drug addiction, poor education
• What biological factor is linked to aggression in young males?

  High testosterone levels
• What does the deprivation model suggest?

  Deprivation leads to stress and aggression
• What type of aggression results from stress according to the deprivation model?

  Expressive violence
• How can support for one explanation limit the other?

  It undermines the validity of the opposing theory
• What did Bierie's research find about prison conditions?

  Poor conditions correlate with higher violence
• What did DeLisi's study focus on?

  Personal characteristics predicting prison behavior
• What is the life course importation model?

  Negative early experiences lead to violence
• Why is research on prison aggression considered socially sensitive?

  It has real-world implications for prisoners
• What could research showing aggression due to conditions support?

  Improving prison facilities and safety
• What is a potential consequence of research showing aggression due to personal characteristics?

  It could justify worse prison conditions
• What does Zimbardo's Stanford prison study illustrate?

  Situational pressure can lead to aggression
• What is the interactionalist approach to aggression?

  It combines dispositional and situational factors
• How might predisposed prisoners express aggression?

  In situations where they feel threatened
• What can lead prisoners to use aggression to access resources?

  Lack of resources and dominance needs