Psychology 3720F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dependent And Independent Variables, Ethology, Self-Defense
5 Jan 2018
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Defining aggression: aggression: any form of direct or indirect behaviour that is intended to physically or psychologically harm another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. Intention freely chosen, can foresee the consequences. Inaction is a form of behaviour and can be aggressive. Charles joseph whitman: august 1st 1966, went to the top of a 27 story building, he left a (cid:374)ote e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g that he killed his (cid:449)ife i(cid:374) the (cid:373)ost pai(cid:374)less (cid:449)a(cid:455) he (cid:272)ould (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t. For the next 97 minutes he fired a rifle at students below, killing 14 people, and wounding 31 more. Earlier that day he had killed his wife her to be alone: debate over if him killing his wife was aggressive. Intentional harm is not the ultimate goal, it is a means to an end (soldiers, assassins: affective, aka emotional, angry, hostile, reactive aggression.
