Workplace aggression

Violence is everywhere nowadays. It is on our television screens, with all the games we play and the shows we watch. It is on the music we listen to, from death metal to the gangsta rap. It is in our movie theaters, such as the gory horror flicks and the epic fantasies. We as human beings love violence. As Famous movie director Quentin Tarantino famously said “Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.” I myself am guilty of this. I loved violence when I was a kid, I adore violence right…

exposed to the violence through media. Violence in media is causing more violence in the real world, it is affecting society negatively, violence is inundating young minds, so regulating media violence needs to be done. Violence in media is causing aggression in the audience. Seeing and hearing violence taking place affects everyone, mainly children…

all of a sudden a mass shooting happens and you witness 4 murders and then have a gun turned on you because of a learned behavior from a video game. Violent video games are brainwashing our youth into thinking that hurting others and expressing aggression which is contributing to the youth’s violence is okay and it needs to come to a…

Over the years, violence has increasingly been accepted into schools, personal lives, communities, and media/advertisements. Due to the dramatic spread of violence, today’s teenagers and youth are beginning to experiences intense effects that are altering their lives. Numerous amounts of teens are victims of violence each year; the effects of these continued violence can cause lifetime problems. More than 1 in every 3 girls and boys across the country, ages 10-16 years old, fall victim to…

Brain Injury and Behavior: Aggravation to Aggression Of all the behaviors patients develop following traumatic brain injury, aggression is one of the most common. It can present in a wide spectrum of behaviors ranging from simple annoyance or anger, to extremes of physical violence. In one of the more recent studies reviewed, it was apparent that some of the lower level behaviors, such as irritability, were not being recognized as a potential psychological component of brain injury. This…

Arved Garcia English 1101 October 4, 2016 Violent Videogames linked with Child Aggression Videogames have been around for exactly 54 years and have had an immense impact on society. From the first game ever created, “Spacewar”, to the more complex videogames that involve the concept of virtual reality; videogames consume a large amount of time. Some researchers’ belief that the content in the videogame affects and shapes how we behave and act around people. An initial attempt at proving that…

Originating in Greek mythology, werewolves have been depicted as some of the most aggressive monsters in history. The tale of the first werewolf, then called “Lycaon” is found in Homer’s The Iliad. The beast, portrayed as a half-man half-wolf, highlights aggression and primitive instincts in humanity. Though rarely provoked, nearly every modern account of werewolf sightings involve the beast attempting to attack witnesses. Whether these sightings are fact or fiction, society has a fascination…

April is the month of child abuse awareness, and a great occasion to talk about violence among children, touching its causes and some of the possible effects. In a society where more than ever children are raising themselves, where humanity is anesthetized and violence becomes as normal as eating, it becomes necessary to analyze what led to this social immunity towards the problem. It becomes necessary to understand, in order to prevent and reeducate. Children with violent behaviors might result…

Introduction This paper will be a critical review of the article “Shenpa and Compassionate Abiding: Mindfulness-Based Practices for Anger and Aggression by Individuals with Schizophrenia” written by Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Bryan T. Karazsia, Alan S. W. Winton, Judy Singh, and Robert G. Wahler. This article was originally published in the 12th volume of the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction published online in December 2013. Purpose of Research This study looked…

Television can have long lasting and detrimental effects on children and young adults. While entertaining, watching T.V. can cause negative effects on physical and cognitive health, decreasing children’s amount of physical activity and sometimes impede brain development. Behaviorally, some television shows promote aggressive behavior in children and reinforce stereotypes. When looking into television shows to observe, I decided to select T.V. shows I had watched when I was a child. The Fairly…