In this social behaviour essay the main topic will be aggression. Aggression is two types of behaviour: Anti-social and Asocial. Anti-social is to intentionally cause harm to someone, where as Asocial is avoiding others and not being social. In aggression there are two theories: instinct theories and biosocial theories. Instinct theories suggest that aggression is an innate drive, where as biosocial theories suggest that aggression is an innate drive with specific conditions to stop it. The essay will compare and contrast three different theories; The Psychoanalytical Approach, Social Learning Theory and Environmental cues.
The psychoanalytical approach is one of two instinct theories. These suggest that aggression is an innate drive.
In 1930 Freud believed that in the psychoanalytic approach there are two opposing drives that motivate our thoughts and behaviour: Eros, which represents sex, and Thenatos, which represents aggression.
Eros represents sex so it is therefore known as the life instinct. Therefore Thenatos is known as the death instinct.
Freud believes that it is the …show more content…
One third of the children in the aggressive group also repeated the verbal aggression. Where as the other children did not.
This experiment is lacking ecological validity as the children might have been aware as to what was going on and to what was expected from them. As the children are all aged between three and five, the results cannot be used for older children. The study also only looked at aggression towards a doll and not to a real person. This could have changed the results, as the actions of the children may have been less aggressive (Bandura, 1962). Compared to the psychoanalytical approach it tells us more about role models and how these can influence others, where as the psychoanalytical approach does
The psychoanalytical approach is one of two instinct theories. These suggest that aggression is an innate drive.
In 1930 Freud believed that in the psychoanalytic approach there are two opposing drives that motivate our thoughts and behaviour: Eros, which represents sex, and Thenatos, which represents aggression.
Eros represents sex so it is therefore known as the life instinct. Therefore Thenatos is known as the death instinct.
Freud believes that it is the …show more content…
One third of the children in the aggressive group also repeated the verbal aggression. Where as the other children did not.
This experiment is lacking ecological validity as the children might have been aware as to what was going on and to what was expected from them. As the children are all aged between three and five, the results cannot be used for older children. The study also only looked at aggression towards a doll and not to a real person. This could have changed the results, as the actions of the children may have been less aggressive (Bandura, 1962). Compared to the psychoanalytical approach it tells us more about role models and how these can influence others, where as the psychoanalytical approach does