PSY230H1 : Play and Aggression Notes
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Since 1960s, our culture has leaned towards the developmental philosophy of rousseau: children are naturally self-regulating, positive, creative, and good. Hobbes: the child is a force of nature, willful, destructive, capable of self-harm, in dire need of careful, cautious, and intense socialization and damned in the absence of social order. Psychoanalysis not a derivative of hobbes, humanism not a derivative of rousseau. Frued- aggression is innate, socially induced frustration between reality and pleasure principle. Aggression is natural and not added to a peaceful temperament. Their own desires are paramount and are only bounded by the immediate consequences. This aggression is dependent on the low-level, fast maturing brain structures like the hypothalamus and periaqueductal grey. Aggressive behavior peaks in kg and declines over time. Chronically aggressive people are suspicious, narcissistic, self-centered, apathetic, and have inappropriate and brittle high self-esteem. Chimps are just as aggressive as kids in their social groups.
