Motivation and emotion/Book/2011/Aggression

Aggression: What is the motivational role of aggression and how can it be effectively managed?

This page is part of the Motivation and emotion book. See also: Guidelines.

Completion status: this resource is ~25% complete.

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Introduction

Where has the reader encountered aggression?

To explain or understand aggression
To to describe how to or to effectively manage aggression
- The perils of unchecked aggression!

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Individual differences
Differences in social and cultural understandings and perspectives on aggression

From whence does aggression emerge within the individual at any given time?

From whence does aggression come in a more theoretical sense?

To understand the theories surrounding this is to understand the possible explanations of the motivational role of aggression

Neurotrans.	Role
Vasopressin

Unusual circumstances (e.g. presented with 'justification')
The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
- Basis (i.e. scapegoating etc.)
- Problems
  - Contradictions
  - Empirical evidence?
Social Learning Theory
Script Theory
- News media
- Entertainment (music, TV, games etc.)
General Aggression Model (GAM) - segue here using games
Cultural factors
- Broad anthropological perspective
  - Across/within cultures
  - Time?
  - 'Aggressionism theory' - the historical perspective (N.B. this may be a waste of space - other page or drop?)

Link together the various biological elements
Link together the various social and enviromental theories
- Is there an answer?
- What can be said with confidence?
Evolutionary purpose
Place in society?
- In past?
- Today?
  - By culture

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