Aggression and Gender Diversification
Glion Institute of Higher Education
Aggression and Gender Diversification
Social and Developmental Psychology
Maria Zubova
Table of Contents
Introduction 2 General understanding of aggression 3 Images of men and women in media 4 Aggression as a chemical process in men and women 5 Aggression as a symptom 7 Conclusion 11 List of references 12 Appendixes 15
Introduction
There has been a significant development in fields of gender diversification for the past years due to the up-to-date research, modern scientific studies, new psychological experiments, tests, technological innovations etc. We have much more information about the processes of our body. With the help of magnetic resonance images, brain scanning, latest blood analysis we can see how the brain works and which particular chemical reactions cause certain behavior.
Finally there have been fundamental progresses in studies of hormones which have a huge impact on the human behavior and emotional reactions. In this essay I am going to cover one of these reactions – aggression. The research will show different sides of aggression in terms of chemical processes and ejection of hormones. We will also have a look at the aggression from a prospective of a disease symptom.
The main issues of the essay to see how the aggression differs or coincides depending on a gender, what are the positive and negative causes of it and find out if we can control it or not.
General understanding of aggression
In order to become familiar with aggression as a social phenomenon it is important to understand its nature. The significant feature is that aggression may cause harm depending on a situation. In fact it is not the damage that defines aggression but the intension of the action itself. Let’s imagine an aggressive drunk man who is trying to punch somebody. The other person manages to turn aside from the attack and there is no damage. Still the act of aggression occurred. On the other
Aggression and Gender Diversification
Social and Developmental Psychology
Maria Zubova
Table of Contents
Introduction 2 General understanding of aggression 3 Images of men and women in media 4 Aggression as a chemical process in men and women 5 Aggression as a symptom 7 Conclusion 11 List of references 12 Appendixes 15
Introduction
There has been a significant development in fields of gender diversification for the past years due to the up-to-date research, modern scientific studies, new psychological experiments, tests, technological innovations etc. We have much more information about the processes of our body. With the help of magnetic resonance images, brain scanning, latest blood analysis we can see how the brain works and which particular chemical reactions cause certain behavior.
Finally there have been fundamental progresses in studies of hormones which have a huge impact on the human behavior and emotional reactions. In this essay I am going to cover one of these reactions – aggression. The research will show different sides of aggression in terms of chemical processes and ejection of hormones. We will also have a look at the aggression from a prospective of a disease symptom.
The main issues of the essay to see how the aggression differs or coincides depending on a gender, what are the positive and negative causes of it and find out if we can control it or not.
General understanding of aggression
In order to become familiar with aggression as a social phenomenon it is important to understand its nature. The significant feature is that aggression may cause harm depending on a situation. In fact it is not the damage that defines aggression but the intension of the action itself. Let’s imagine an aggressive drunk man who is trying to punch somebody. The other person manages to turn aside from the attack and there is no damage. Still the act of aggression occurred. On the other