Aggressive behaviour is so common that it perhaps does not call for any detailed explanation. Briefly we may describe aggressive behaviour as any action of an individual that results in harm or injury to other people or objects. Aggression may manifest itself in actual overt action or may be confined to the level of thought, intention, or verbal aggression. For [...]
How is it that aggressive behaviour comes to be aroused? Is it innate or is it learnt? This question has been considered by psychologists, sociologists, ethnologists, and many other groups of scientists. A strong piece of evidence to regard aggressive behaviour or aggressive tendency as innate or essentially biological is the fact that patterns of aggressive behaviour can be seen [...]
This article throws light upon the top three theories of aggression. The theories are: 1. Instinct Theory of Aggression 2. Frustration Aggression Hypothesis 3. Social Learning Theory. 1. Instinct Theory of Aggression: The instinct theory of aggression was advanced by Sigmund Freud (1927) the great psychoanalyst of yester years. In his earlier writings, Freud was of view that all human [...]
