Agression & Revision

Session 23 - Agression

Run through the ideas and concepts discussed last session - view, listen to or read the sources outlined in the relevant PowerPoint.

Watch the 'How Violent Are You?' - from beginning up until 19 minutes. Discuss the links / relationships to those findings from Bandura's study...

Question: Thinking about what you have explored over the last 2 weeks, do you believe that 'criminals are born bad'?

Read through 'Behaviour: Are Criminals Born, Not Made?'

Watch Zimbardo's lecture - 'The Lucifer Effect' and ask students to complete the 4C's (Connections, Challenges, Concepts & Changes) activity in their workbooks.

Run through observations on the W/B and discuss main ideas and concepts with the class...

Students are to place the following in their workbooks under the title Agression:
Aggression is defined as any behaviour that is intended to cause physical or psychological harm to a person, animal or object.  Aggression can be physical, verbal or a combination of both. It can be subtle or obvious.  Behaviour is considered aggressive when the intention is to harm, regardless of whether harm is done.

Read through pages 221 - 22 of the textbook and complete the following table in workbooks:

Concept & Definition  /  Links to Agression  /  Evidence

Place the observations on the W/B and discuss the main ideas with the class.

Students are to complete CYU 7.8 in their workbooks.

Session 24 - Agression (con't) & Ethics

Run through concepts discussed last session (notes from Zimbardo and Agression) and also 7.8 - ensure key ideas are discussed and understood.

Watch ' Are You Good or Evil?' - students are to complete the viewing sheet while watching the show.

Discuss the main ideas from the show and link back to previous content. 

Read through pages ... of the textbook and complete CYU 7.9 in workbook.