Relational aggression

In the last decade or so, movies for young children have become increasingly violent. What is the consequence of all this gore and violence on young minds? Have you ever thought of the effect that horror movies have on kids? Scary movies seem to have an immediate affects on young children. There’s nightmares, sleep deprivation, and they even have trouble eating. These are the short term effects, but what about the long-term affects? The Association for Youth Children and Natural Psychology says…

Something I never really understood in my life until an important moment of clarity was violence. When I was younger, violence to me was getting punched or pushed or shoved around. Violence, to an extent, is exactly that. At that point in my life, I did not understand what the true limits of violence, if they existed, were. I wasn’t intuitive in the depth of violence. It wasn't until I was nearly a teenager did I understand. As a young child, I didn’t have much experience with violence,…

Dating Violence in Teen Relationships We live in a society now that most relationships don't end "happily ever after" like they do in Disney movies.. We have a serious epidemic going around that is damaging young women and men* every single day. Dating violence's' occurrence in dating relationships of teens are growing by the minute. Dating violence is physical, psychological, and sexual abuse that goes on in a relationship affecting one or both partners badly. While males suffer from dating…

Violence in the sports world is best known for intentional acts of violence in which can injure another person such as another player, a coach, a game official, and even another fan. Violence in the sports world is not only known on the field but just as well as in the stands with fans. Although it is more commonly found on the field sports violence mostly begins with the fans. An outstanding result found by Dr. John Cheffers was a strong link between both the fans and athletes. If it is seen…

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…

Media violence has been shown to somewhat pacify the parts of the brain that cause anger or aggression. On the other hand, some major crimes have been accredited to media violence. I know that media violence has little to no effect on mental states because: it’s been shown that the anger/aggression parts of the brain become passive when media violence is viewed or played, crime inspired by games is only a little under two percent of total world crime and it has been proven that media violence is…

Sum Q Assignment 8 The video about bullying paints an ugly picture where everybody can observe how bullies use physical aggression and verbal aggression to harass and torment their victims. The documentary is powerful and appalling because it displays the damage and consequences of bullying. Watching the documentary was painful because the victims were constantly abused for no reason. Being harassed and tormented constantly will eventually take its toll where some kids might commit suicide to…

exhibit explosive outburst of anger and even more severe to the point of rage. People with IED have fits of unplanned anger that are usually unequal to the situation, real or perceived. The most common example of fits of anger over a minimal situation is road rage. In some instances, individuals have had changes in mood, tension, and energy before an outburst occurs. IED is categorized under the "Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders". This disorder is difficult to fit into one…

Have you ever been personally targeted by another human being? Perhaps, not having trash thrown at you, but being verbally victimized? The topic of bullying can be a very serious and controversial subject in this day in age. The most common forms of bullying are physical abuse such as defacing of someone else’s personal belongings, kicking, or hitting; verbal abuse such as spreading rumors, harassing, or name-calling; and non-physical or non-verbal such as excluding someone from a group. There…

Do Video Games Have A Connection To Real Life Violence? Does gun violence in video games lead to gun violence in real life? Does playing violent games cause a person to act more violent? Do people become more aggressive the more they play video games? Events such as the shooting at Columbine High School and the more recent, Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida lead researchers to believe that violence in video games leads to violence in real life. Although many don’t have…