PSYC 2310 Lecture 16: Aggression
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Occurs when there are two people involved (aggressor + victim) Aggression is any form of behaviour directed toward the goal/intention of harming or injuring another. Aggression living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. Aggression is in our nature biological tendencies or genetic makeup. Aggression is in our nurture- we learn the behaviour. False debate to solely argue for only one. One of the 18 instincts we have. Once we have an instinct we work to fulfill it: death i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)t, (cid:862)tha(cid:374)atos(cid:863) (cid:894)freud (cid:1005)93(cid:1004)(cid:895) Argued that we only have 2 instincts instead of 18. Desire to bring everything to its original form which is nothing: hydraulic theory. Releasing our pressure of everyday life through aggression. Unexpressed emotions build up pressure which must be expressed to relieve that pressure. Observation of and experimentation with species other than humans. Eibl-eibesfeldt"s (cid:894)1963(cid:895) experi(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: raising rats in isolation.