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I. What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
An aggressive action is intentional behavior aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain.
What Is Aggression?
Hostile aggression is an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain.
What Is Aggression?
Instrumental aggression is aggression that serves as a means to some goal other than causing pain.
What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
Is Aggression Instinctual?
Situational? Optional?
Even in the most aggression-prone species, aggression is an optional strategy and is determined by the organisms previous social experiences and by the specific social context in which the organism finds itself.
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What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
What Is Aggression?
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Could the Columbine Massacre Have Been Prevented? Aronson (2000) suggests that although the violent acts of the Columbine massacre were pathological, it would be a mistake to dismiss them as just the result of individual pathology.
Could the Columbine Massacre Have Been Prevented? What is necessary to acknowledge is the social situation that children and adolescents face in schools. Thus, making our schools safer by changing the negative, exclusionary social atmosphere may help reduce the frequency of violence in schools.
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How do Freuds Eros, Thanatos, explain human aggression?
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What factors other than instinct determine if an animal will behave aggressively?
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What are cultural and regional differences in human aggressive behavior that have been documented throughout history? What do these findings tell us about the importance of instinct in driving human aggression?
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What roles do the amygdala and testosterone play in aggressive behavior? What effect does serotonin have on aggressive behavior? What research findings support the influence of testosterone on aggressive behavior?
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What is the relationship between gender, culture, and aggressive behavior?
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How does the frustrationaggression theory explain aggressive behavior? What situations produce frustration?
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How do aggressive stimuli increase the probability of aggressive behavior? What are data that support the relationship between aggressive stimuli and aggressive behavior?
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How does social learning theory explain aggressive behavior? What is evidence that supports the explanations provided by this theory?
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What are the effects of watching media violence on children and adults? What are the effects of constant exposure to media violence? Why might media violence increase aggressive behavior?
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What are the consequences of viewing violent pornography on aggressive behavior in general and toward women in particular?
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What type of punishment is most likely to deter aggressiveness? Why is the threat of punishment not always an effective deterrent?
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What are the assumptions of the catharsis hypothesis? Does engaging in aggressive or physical behavior reduce future aggressive behavior?
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What are other possible strategies to reduce aggressive tendencies besides venting them? Why does opening up reduce aggression? How can individuals who cause frustration reduce aggression in those they have frustrated?
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How effective are modeling and communication training at reducing aggression? What can empathy do to aggressive tendencies and the ill treatment of victims?
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What are the advantages of teaching empathy in school? What effects could empathy training have on the prevention of school violence?
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