In modern society various people partake in acts of aggression and violence. Regardless of age or gender‚ expressing aggression and participating in violent actions are frequent obscenities in many cultures today. In the documentary Girlhood‚ Liz Garbus follows two young women who have encountered numerous misfortunes in the past that led them to implement their violent offences. Both girls work towards their freedom from the rehabilitation center in Baltimore‚ Maryland and finally become productive
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EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONS Animal Aggression Lorenz- aggressive behaviour in animals have the following functions: • Selection of the fittest for survival • Aggression will protect the young animals for survival • Distribution of animal territories What are the criticisms of Lorenz? Human Aggression Benign Aggression and Malignant Aggression Nelson: the 3 basic factors affecting human aggression • Process of Learning: Social Learning theory-observation/imitation‚ Learning strategies
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Aggression is defined as a form of physical or verbal behavior leading to self-assertion; it is often angry and destructive and intended to be either physically or emotionally injurious‚ and aimed at domination of one person by another. Traditionally‚ it has been regarded as self-evident that males are more aggressive than females. A meta-analytic review of gender comparisons deciphered that men are more aggressive than women‚ but the magnitude of the gender difference is relatively small (Helgeson
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------------------------------------------------- Aggression Aggression‚ in its broadest sense‚ is behavior‚ or a disposition‚ that is forceful‚ hostile or attacking. It may occur either in retaliation or without provocation. In narrower definitions that are used in social sciences and behavioral sciences‚ aggression is an intention to cause harm or an act intended to increase relative social dominance. Predatory or defensive behavior between members of different species may not be considered aggression in the same sense. Aggression can take
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Aggression Is a Part of Human Nature Aggression is something that you see everyday from turning on the television to watch the daily news to playing one of your favorite video games. This is something that is a part of human nature and will always be a part of our social life. There are many influences in our society and within us that can make aggression arise more frequently. These are genetic influences‚ neural influences‚ and biochemical influences. Some influences on aggression are believed
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Outline research into institutional aggression. (4 marks) Institutional aggression is aggressive behaviour displayed within an institutional situation such as a school or prison. Most research into institutional aggression has been conducted in prisons. One explanation of institutionalised aggression is the importation model- dispositional factors. This model suggests that prisoners bring (import) their own social histories and traits with them to the prison environment and these influence their
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Aggression is the feeling of anger and hatred that may result in threatening or violent behavior. It is also a physical or emotional expression of the feelings of dissatisfaction arising out of the comparison between what people presently have and what they believe they should have‚ what they ought to have or what they believe is ideal. The theories of aggression assert that aggression is the inevitable result of frustration or conflict‚ they affirm that aggression results out of an innate instinct
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may feel about aggressive actions. These four kinds of aggression justification involve manipulating one’s perception of the aggressive action‚ motivation‚ harm‚ or victim to provide comfort for individuals’ aggressive behavior. The aggressors’ justifications for aggression serve as a “distancing” function making it easier for the aggressor to engage in harmful actions. The first justification provided is finding ways to excuse the aggression. By sanctioning it or calling on moral principles the
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Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms in Aggression Aggression in humans has been associated with low levels of serotonin and high levels of dopamine. Usually‚ serotonin has a calming effect‚ which inhibits aggression. When serotonin levels are low‚ this inhibitory effect is removed and people are less able to control their aggressive behaviour. Evidence for the importance of serotonin comes from two main sources. Brown (1982) found that there were low levels of the waste products of serotonin in the
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Aggression” by Scott Boeringer‚ who assesses campus violence and the contribution of fraternity membership‚ “Gender Status and Violence” by Kristen Anderson‚ and “Unnecessary Roughness? School Sports‚ Peer Networks‚ and Male Adolescent Violence” written by Derek Kreager‚ and government statistics I related the commonality of college age female victims and their availability and vulnerability to aggressive men in social environments. I also followed the Vanderbilt gang rape case involving members
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