Glossary H

Glossary H

Deutsch: Feindselig / Español: Hostil / Português: Hostil / Français: Hostile / Italiano: Ostile

In psychology, hostile refers to attitudes, feelings, or behaviors that are antagonistic, aggressive, or overtly unfriendly towards others. It is a term that describes a range of negative interactions or perceptions that can manifest in various social, personal, and professional contexts.

Hostile aggression refers to an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain.It is a type of aggression driven by anger and performed as an end in itself (also called affective aggression).

Deutsch: Feindselige Attribution / Español: Atribución Hostil / Português: Atribuição Hostil / Français: Attribution Hostile / Italian: Attribuzione Ostile

Hostile Attribution in the psychology context refers to the tendency to interpret others' behaviors as having hostile intent, even when the behavior is ambiguous or benign. This cognitive bias can lead to misunderstandings, conflicts, and aggressive reactions.

Hostile attribution bias refers to a tendency to assume that provocation is intentional. It is the tendency to perceive ambiguous actions by others as aggressive; tendency to view harm done under ambiguous circumstances as having stemmed from a hostile intent on the part of the harmdoer; characterizes reactive aggressors. Hostile attribution bias, moreover, is the tendency of aggressive children to attribute negative intent to others, especially when the intentions of another child are unclear

hostile attributional bias refers to the tendency of aggressive children to attribute negative intent to others, especially when the intentions of another child are unclear (e.g., when a child accidentally bumps into them, they are likely to think the other child did it on purpose).

Hostile environment harassment refers to a type of sexual harassment that occurs when an individual is subjected to unwelcome repeated sexual comments, innuendoes, or visually offensive material or touching that interferes with school or work. It is a type of harassment characterized by a pattern of unwanted conduct related to gender that interferes with an individual’s work performance.

Hostile Environment Sexual Harassment is defined as a workplace which promotes or tolerates sexual harassment

Hostile expectation bias refers to the tendency to assume that people will react to potential conflicts with aggression.