PSYB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Mecha, Pole And Polar, Machismo
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It is the intentional behavior aimed at causing either or physical or psychological pain. The intention to hurt is what defines aggression, rather than the act itself. Hostile aggression: an act of aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain. Instrumental aggression: aggression as a means to some goal other than caus- ing pain. E. g. a football player is being instrumentally aggressive to win the game not to cause pain. Some people say we are naturally brute and that our laws and order we learn to curb our aggressive nature. Some people say that we are naturally gentle and the restrictive society brings out the hostility and aggressiveness out of us. Eros: instinct towards life and thanatos: instinct towards death leading to ag- gressive actions. He talks about how we all have to left off some of our aggression or else it will build up and we will explode.
