Psychology A-Level
Cognitive priming
What Cognitive priming means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cognitive priming
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When violent media provides cues that activate existing aggressive thoughts and scripts in memory, explaining a sudden outburst.
Topics that use Cognitive priming
- Aggression (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Catharsis and its evidential problems
- Disinhibition
- Environmental cues and the weapon effect
- Frustration, drive and displacement
- Importation against deprivation
- Limbic system
- Meta-analysis
- Observational learning and vicarious reinforcement
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