Aggression

play a large role in the presentation of aggression in today’s world; aggression can be displayed in the form of terrorism, school violence, or as individual emotional processes. This paper will review three articles representing three uniquely different aspects of aggression, and will show how aggression is molded in to many social functions we encounter on a daily basis. Understanding Terrorism Terrorism is one of the most violent acts of aggression that can be displayed in today’s culture,…

Further there are certain scholars who advocate that the 1961 experiment was not related to aggression in the first place and must be viewed as the underlying desire of the children to either act as adults or to please adults for incentives rather than the outcome being used as a genuine indicator of aggression. Besides, some scholars also suggest that the choice of Bodo dolls was wrong as they are meant to be hit which does not necessarily amount to violence as perceived by Bendura (Ferguson,…

behavior. According to Aronson (2013) “ aggression is intentional behavior aimed at causing physical harm or psychological pain to another person”(p.330). For example, hockey fans of the opposing teams fighting after a lost championship. Aggression does not discriminate, regardless of your ethnic background, gender or religion, all humans are born with the capacity for aggressive behavior. Unfortunately, it is when , where, and how we direct our aggression that is determine by learned…

There is a wide variety of different theories regarding aggression. However, the two theories which I tend to compare and evaluate are the evolutionary theory and the social learning theory. These theories tend to explain why an individual behaves in an aggressive or violent way. The evolutionary theory is derived from the biological factor in which it aims to focus on aggression as a natural selection, meaning aggression is naturally there within humans. On the other hand, the social learning…

everyday lives, as seen in films, television, radio, newspapers, internet, music or any other type of media. For over half a decade, the degree to which media violence influences aggression and violence has been intensely debated. Countless researchers have found a direct relationship between media violence and aggression and studies have come to the same conclusion; undoubtedly, these studies have presented clear evidence that exposure to media violence promotes aggressive behavior.…

on Cartoon Network. Furthermore to attempt to determine if Gender or Socioeconomic Status are associated to the frequencies of prosocial and aggressive acts made by a character. Much research has been done outlining the high rates of violence and aggression in Cartoons and the effects of viewing violence on a children’s behavior in the real world. Less research has been done regarding prosocial acts in the media, so both forms of behaviors are analyzed in this study. This study takes into…

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…

Aggression in children can be linked to many different things. In this review there will be many studies either supporting or opposing my own opinions and hypothesis. I believe there is a direct link in the aggressive violence children watch on television and how they act in real life. A child will learn from what he or she is shown, therefore television has a large impact on a child’s behavior today. It is known you should not let your children watch anything violent or aggressive on…

Male aggression against females and male aggression against males shows us considerable variation among the primates. In many primates, the aggression is rare, mild, or limited and in some cases, it can get violent and cause huge fights with serious injuries. They are so many theories that involve in the evolution of violence. Darwin’s theory of natural selection argued that violent behavior in species just like other physical characteristics passed on to the future generations. How these traits…

Benish-Weisman, M. (2015). The interplay between values and aggression in adolescence: a longitudinal study. Developmental Psychology, doi:10.1037/dev0000015 This was a longitudinal study done on five Israel schools to test the previous theories that certain values can be correlated with aggression. Benish wanted to examine the relationship between values and aggression on a large sample of Israeli adolescents for a period of a year. He used the four higher values…