PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Relative Deprivation, Albert Bandura, Monoamine Oxidase A
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Aggression is intentional behavior aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain. Kind of aggression (verbal aggression and physical aggression ) Hostile resulting from anger primary goal is to cause physical and psychological pain associated with poorer impulse control ex: road rage /bar fight. An act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain or injury b) Intention to hurt the other person, but the hurting takes place to achieve some other goal other than causing pain. Ex: war- violence causing pain to someone else get other"s terrorist/ hunting animal /treats /bully mugging. * for example, in a professional football game, a defensive lineman will usually do whatever it takes to thwart his opponent (the blocker) and tackle the ball carrier. This typically includes intentionally inflicting pain on his opponent if doing so is useful in helping him get the blocker out of the way so he can get to the ball carrier.
