A high-level defector from North Korea warned in an interview that Kim Jong Un would use nuclear weapons against the U.S. or its allies to stay in power if necessary (Zorthian, 2017). NBC News was told that the dictator of North Korea was “desperate in maintaining his rule” (Zorthian, 2017). Kim is readily watching for any military action or threat from America and he has made it known that he has nuclear weapons. These weapons are specifically intercontinental ballistic missiles (Zorthian, 2017). This was made known by Thae Yong Ho who was deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom when he defected in 2016 (Zorthian, 2017). Kim is not shy in testing his nuclear power and President Donald Trump has said that he will discuss North Korea’s nuclear
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He is a horrible, horrible dictator who obviously does not care for anyone else but himself. There are two type of aggression; hostile and instrumental. Kim Jong Un by far shows hostile aggression but I would not doubt if he uses both forms of aggression to get his way. He must have feelings of anger and want to harm others because that is just the type of person he is. According to Leonard Berkowitz he argues that any unpleasant stimulus triggers a fight-or-flight response of anger (Gilovich et al., 2016). Now since Kim Jong Un is most likely angry, he may be blowing things out of proportion and he may dare I say be a little bit paranoid. One way that Berkowitz tested his theory is perfect for this. He examined how anger and the presence of weapons combine to make people more aggressive (Gilovich et al., …show more content…
It was stated that he tested some of these missiles and he most likely had to be aggressive in some way. I do not think you would just shoot off some missiles if you were happy that day. Berkowitz tested this by having confederates shock participants after working on a problem. In the neutral condition the confederate did not shock the participants nearly as much as the ones who were angry did. There was also a gun next to the shock machine in some conditions. It was not the gun that necessarily made them want to shock them but it was rather if they were angered with the confederate. So if Kim Jong Un is angered with us and he is near those missiles, you better believe he is going to fire them. There is most likely an air of physical aggression that Kim Jong Un has because he is a man. This is all due to evolution and when males would have to compete with other males so he probably has to show that he is tougher in a way. Misperception also plays a role in aggression. Kim Jong Un may perceive that we want to strike North Korea when in fact that may not be the case. If he thinks that we want to strike them and we think that he wants to strike us then things can escalate rather quickly. He may also see himself as the good guy and us as the bad guy thus thinking he is causing no harm or evil. One way to get rid of misperceptions is to just communicate. Now I know that this is easier said than done
He is a horrible, horrible dictator who obviously does not care for anyone else but himself. There are two type of aggression; hostile and instrumental. Kim Jong Un by far shows hostile aggression but I would not doubt if he uses both forms of aggression to get his way. He must have feelings of anger and want to harm others because that is just the type of person he is. According to Leonard Berkowitz he argues that any unpleasant stimulus triggers a fight-or-flight response of anger (Gilovich et al., 2016). Now since Kim Jong Un is most likely angry, he may be blowing things out of proportion and he may dare I say be a little bit paranoid. One way that Berkowitz tested his theory is perfect for this. He examined how anger and the presence of weapons combine to make people more aggressive (Gilovich et al., …show more content…
It was stated that he tested some of these missiles and he most likely had to be aggressive in some way. I do not think you would just shoot off some missiles if you were happy that day. Berkowitz tested this by having confederates shock participants after working on a problem. In the neutral condition the confederate did not shock the participants nearly as much as the ones who were angry did. There was also a gun next to the shock machine in some conditions. It was not the gun that necessarily made them want to shock them but it was rather if they were angered with the confederate. So if Kim Jong Un is angered with us and he is near those missiles, you better believe he is going to fire them. There is most likely an air of physical aggression that Kim Jong Un has because he is a man. This is all due to evolution and when males would have to compete with other males so he probably has to show that he is tougher in a way. Misperception also plays a role in aggression. Kim Jong Un may perceive that we want to strike North Korea when in fact that may not be the case. If he thinks that we want to strike them and we think that he wants to strike us then things can escalate rather quickly. He may also see himself as the good guy and us as the bad guy thus thinking he is causing no harm or evil. One way to get rid of misperceptions is to just communicate. Now I know that this is easier said than done