Psychology Chapter 11: Moral Development and Aggression

intentional injury or harm to another person

the capability to adjust emotions to a desired state and level of intensity

aggression motivated by the desire to obtain a concrete goal, such as playing with a desirable toy that another child is playing with

nonphysical aggression that is intended to hurt another person's feelings

the first stage of marital aggression in which a batterer becomes upset and shows dissatisfaction initially through verbal abuse

the second stage of marital aggression in which physical abuse actually occurs

the third stage of marital aggression, which occurs in some but not all cases, in which the batterer feels remorse and apologizes for his actions

the theory that the abuse and neglect that children suffer predispose them as adults to abuse and neglect their own children

the physical or psychological mistreatment or neglect of elderly individuals