Anatomy of Violence

                                           11 Nov. 2020

                                   Breakout Discussion Questions


Breakout 1 Justification for Violence

■        Is violence ever justified?  Explain.

■        Do you think humans are less or more violent than we used to be?

■        Why does violence sell? (media, video games, films)

■        What interventions for violence are in your community?

–        Are any of these preventive? Explain.

–        What kind of violence is addressed?


Breakout 2 Social Learning Theory

Think about someone who was a role model to you as a child. Not just someone whom you looked up to,
but someone whose behavior you tried to copy.

■        What was the person’s relation to you?

■        What was the behavior? (can be positive or negative)

■        What made you want to replicate that behavior?

Was it:

■        Direct (happened to you or in your home)

■        Vicarious (happened elsewhere, you were not connected to what you observed)?