Emotional Development: Aggression

Series: Developmental Psychology Today Film Series

Duration: 0:18:00

Creator: CRM | CRM/McGraw-Hill Films | University of Illinois Film Center

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 1Jan73 · MP23575 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Communications/Research/Machines, Inc

Description: Cinema verite catches an unrehearsed act of aggression in a nursery school. The scene is replayed, and an expert psychologist analyzes and comments on the event--and on the reaction of the teacher who inadvertently rewards the aggression with attention.

Complete Record: , Presents the social learning theory of aggressive behavior by explaining how aggressive skills are learned, when they are used, and how they are maintained. Utilizes pantomime and an analysis of aggressive behavior among nursery school children. Includes the social learning theorists' recommendations for curbing aggression., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.