2.3 Aggression Theory
The word aggression has several meanings depending on the subject. In each field, aggression has its own definition and meaning, but each definition and meaning are related. However, almost all of the definition related to “destructiveness”, “anger”, “emotion” and “tension”. Aggression also related to the aggressive act. Aggression often defines as the actions that cause harm and victim. Aggression includes in one of the psychological symptoms that occur in human unconsciousness. Almost similar with death instinct, aggression arises unconsciously in the human mind. It accumulates from the certain emotion that unexpressed later exploding in the aggressive acts or behaviors. (Geen. 2001)
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Geen stated in his book that aggression divided into four types that correlated. They are affective aggression, instrumental aggression, proactive aggression and reactive aggression. (Geen. 2001) Affective aggression sees as the aggression that aims to cause injury toward the others. As one form of acts that caused destructiveness towards other or self, aggression intends to bring harm and victim. Usually, aggression is the form of overload anger which unable to control the emotion as well. Conversely, instrumental aggression is the form of aggression that intends not to cause any harm to the others or self. Instrumental aggression is often being an instrument to release anger in a good way. For example, parents who use punishment to build children characters. Proactive aggression and reactive aggression is like the previous types of aggression; affective aggression and instrumental aggression. Proactive aggression is any aggression that “enacted to response in provocation” such as hit and abuse as the expression of self-defense and anger. Reactive aggression is aggression that not intend to cause provocation to bring destructive acts, usually motivates by “relate the obtaining goods, asserting power, assuring the approval of reference groups and other such goals”. (Geen.
The word aggression has several meanings depending on the subject. In each field, aggression has its own definition and meaning, but each definition and meaning are related. However, almost all of the definition related to “destructiveness”, “anger”, “emotion” and “tension”. Aggression also related to the aggressive act. Aggression often defines as the actions that cause harm and victim. Aggression includes in one of the psychological symptoms that occur in human unconsciousness. Almost similar with death instinct, aggression arises unconsciously in the human mind. It accumulates from the certain emotion that unexpressed later exploding in the aggressive acts or behaviors. (Geen. 2001)
Bushman and Anderson define human …show more content…
Geen stated in his book that aggression divided into four types that correlated. They are affective aggression, instrumental aggression, proactive aggression and reactive aggression. (Geen. 2001) Affective aggression sees as the aggression that aims to cause injury toward the others. As one form of acts that caused destructiveness towards other or self, aggression intends to bring harm and victim. Usually, aggression is the form of overload anger which unable to control the emotion as well. Conversely, instrumental aggression is the form of aggression that intends not to cause any harm to the others or self. Instrumental aggression is often being an instrument to release anger in a good way. For example, parents who use punishment to build children characters. Proactive aggression and reactive aggression is like the previous types of aggression; affective aggression and instrumental aggression. Proactive aggression is any aggression that “enacted to response in provocation” such as hit and abuse as the expression of self-defense and anger. Reactive aggression is aggression that not intend to cause provocation to bring destructive acts, usually motivates by “relate the obtaining goods, asserting power, assuring the approval of reference groups and other such goals”. (Geen.