Aggressionism

Social Learning theory The concept of aggressive behaviour is has a very complex nature but research suggests that early exposure to violence may predispose people to behaving aggressively (Abbassi & Dean, 2010). It is arguable that Birnie’s aggression could be learned through his passion for pornography although a study by Seto, Maric & Barbaree (2001) suggest that this is not the case. They state “We argue that individuals who are already predisposed to sexually offend are the most likely to show an effect of pornography exposure and are the most likely to show the strongest effects”. Albert Bandura’s social learning theory evolved from Skinner’s operant conditioning suggesting that behaviour is shaped by observing the behaviour of others. According to this theory aggressive behaviour is learned by imitating the behaviour of others around us and he uses the term modelling to demonstrate this. Modelling is displaced learning and is indirect, therefore, we can learn without being directly reinforced for aggressive behaviour of our own (Bandura, Ross & Ross, 1961). As an example, Birnie’s mother was an alcoholic who was continuously in an elevated state of arousal due to her intoxicated state she behaved more aggressively and was more readily to provocation. Lui (2004) research into aggression manifesting from disorders such as schizophrenia and alcoholism gives empirical evidence into her behaviour. Birnie leant that by behaving violently as he observed this and…

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…

Love me Tender, Love me sweet Humans. Are they products of nature or nurture and where do a parents parenting and teachings play into the growth and development of a child 's personality? The world may never know the exact answer to this question and people may never understand the individual thought processes behind people 's aggressive actions. In Mary Shelley 's sci-fi novel, Frankenstein, the creature is a perfect example of being both a product nature and nurture. The creatures…

Aggression: Men and Women By nature, men are considered more aggressive than women. However, through various studies, there are actually no differences reported between the sexes and aggressive behavior (Knapp, 2015). Google’s definition of aggression is 1) hostile or violent behavior or attitudes toward another; readiness to confront or attack; synonyms hostility, aggressiveness, belligerence, bellicosity, force, violence. 2) the action of attacking without provocation, especially in beginning…

Aggression for the Ages The feeling of hate was once necessary to survive back in our evolutionary history. The emotions closely associated with hate such as anger and aggression evolved in order to aid in our successful evolutionary journey. In What’s So Bad about Hate? Andrew Sullivan provides a reflection about hate and other associated emotions’ purpose early on, “At some point in our evolution, being able to know beforehand who was friend or foe was not merely a matter of philosophical…