Aggression In The Homecoming

Social Psychological Theories of Aggression Social learning theorists propose that behaviour, such as aggression is learnt through observation, imitation and behaviour shaping. This behaviour is learnt automatically through observation of male and female role models, for example parents, peers and media characters. Whether or not this behaviour is imitated depends on the type of reinforcement that the role model receives. Vicarious reinforcement involves the outcome of a role models behaviour, for example if a child observes a parent acting aggressively and receiving positive rewards for they are more like to be imitate this behaviour in the future, than they would be if the role model

The case of Andrea Yates shows that many factors may contribute to the commission of a crime. These range from psychological and biological factors such as mental disorders, cognitions, and neurological conditions to the sociological influences on a person’s life.

This theory has played a significant role in helping mankind in the formation of social movements especially within contemporary society. It is imperative to note that Social movements are organized and sustained collective efforts that focus on some aspect of social change, and tend to persist over time in a more aggressive way compared to other forms of collective behaviour. Social movements may include actions that protect environments, defend the rights of the minority or promote social justice. The frustration- aggression theory argues that social movements are formed when frustration results in collective aggressive behaviour.

Aggression scale is a film about trauma. Specifically, coping with trauma by using anger. An unjust event shattered Owen and Lauren’s lives. Mobsters are coming to reclaim money stolen by their father and kill the family for the father’s sins. When the mobsters arrive Lauren in the shower and Owen is already scheming a plan of attack.

For as long as there have been human beings on earth stretching back to our animal inheritance we have been bedeviled by a peculiar need, as insistent as it has been tragic: Making others suffer for the pain we feel, often choosing as our victim someone who wasn't even the original perpetrator.

Several years ago, I got back from school track practice later than usual. My arms and legs felt like Jell-o as I struggled to remove my backpack and place it on the low kitchen countertop scattered with mail, newspapers, and magazines. The track coach had subjected us to an intense speed workout. I complained the whole way home: “My feet hurt. My legs hurt. My neck. My back. My neck and my back! I’m suffering!” I dropped my bag and by chance picked up a Newsweek lying on the counter and leafed through it without much interest. Then I saw it, the picture of a small brown0skinned boy with skinny arms, a large head, and eyes that simultaneously accused the world of neglect and begged for forgiveness. “Can you really hate me?” he seemed to ask.

In John Patrick Shanley’s play, “Doubt: A Parable”, and Paula Vogel’s play, “How I Learned to Drive”, both have strong themes of sexuality in the forms of sexual predation and pedophilia. Although these two stories are considerably different, the message is the same. “Doubt” is a play that concerns a mystery over whether or not a boy (Donald) has been raped by a priest, and “How I learned to Drive” is a play about a woman (Li’l Bit) who reminisces about the sexual molestation and the emotional manipulation she had to endure at the hands of her uncle. Although these plays both have main theme of sexuality, they each have vastly different settings, desires, and outcomes. In this essay, I will compare and contrast the theme of sexuality in both of these plays.

This source was taken from an online encyclopedia that provides general information about different topics. In this specific article, defensive behavior was discussed as a type of behavior. In the source, readers cab gain a better understanding about the defensive behavior by comparing with the other behavior types as a brief discussion of each type was included in the article. Overall, an encyclopedia is a good source for summarized details about specific topics and can be a good source of background information in preparation for more thorough research. For instance, a reader that has just encountered a medical term like defensive behavior, can learn about the condition by using an encyclopedia, especially if the encyclopedia is online for better access.

The article titled Male Aggression by Dorian Furtuna explains why men are generally involved in violent actions. The article states, “ wars are a Biosocial product of men and a field for male’s manifestation [Goldstein, 2001.] The same thing is true of crime and cruelty, which are closely linked to masculinity. The article questions why men are more aggressive than women and provides several possible answers.

Dalai Lama once said “Through violence, you may ‘solve’ one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.” She is explaining that violence does not solve any problems and for people to get over their situations, they need to solve them by getting support from family and friends. In the story “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, we learn that there is a rivalry between a group named the Greasers and the Soc’s. A boy named Ponyboy has two brothers named Sodapop and Darry. They are in the Greasers gang. Their parents died in a car accident and were left alone in a very dangerous city. Darry is very mean to Ponyboy but it is only because he is trying to be protective and keep him safe. One night, Darry slaps Ponyboy for being out so late which results in him running away with a boy named Johnny. He was beat up by the Soc’s which made him very mad. He always was ready to get them back. That night the Soc’s roll up in a blue mustang and try to drown Ponyboy and kill Johnny. Johnny had his knife and killed Bob, the Soc. Life is always a struggle because of violence which gives the world pain and emotion which causes the attitudes of these bad people.

Our group is proposing the research question: Will violent video games bring out aggression in the students that play them? Our hypothesis for this experiment is violent video games will trigger aggression in students. The video games ranging from non-violent to violent will act as our independent variable. Our dependent variable will be how we measure the level of aggression every two weeks. Our experiment should be high in internal validity because we are demonstrating cause/effect relationships with independent and dependent variables.

While it would be very easy to focus on the constant assault of the sexuality of both the men and women that are represented in this story, I feel that sexuality is only a minor theme. The provocativeness that the story contains is used more to draw people to either listen or view the story itself than present a major theme in sexuality. The major issue that he is trying to bring forward is that of conflict and how it occurs in more than just war. Let's look at the three major conflicts within this story.

The bloody scenes in the media are indeed one of the prime factors contributing to an increase in aggressive behaviors among people in society, especially the youth. To exemplify, when people watch manifold rough activities such as: homicide, rape, assault, and gang -related cases, it seems to promote and encourage them to act their abusive behaviors out. The explanation for acting could be that much of human behaviors is learned by observing and imitating another’s person activities, whenever they see incidents on television, particular film channels, they would feel the desire to act similarly. Moreover, these types of actions could also extremely manage audiences’ feeling or even their personality if they are easily prejudiced. These persons

Aggression comes in two main forms; hostile aggression and instrumental aggression. Hostile aggression is “aggression stemming from feelings of anger and aimed at inflicting pain or injury” (Aronson, Wilson, & Arkert, 2013, p. 453).  So simply put, hostile aggression is being violent and hurting someone because we are angry. According to our textbook, instrumental aggression is defined as “aggression as a means to some goal other than causing pain” (Aronson, Wilson, & Arkert, 2013, p. 454). Instrumental Aggression is basically harming someone in service of some other goal and not to just hurt them. When thinking of hostile aggression, think of serial killers; people who commits a series of murders usually with no apparent motive.  When it comes to instrumental

Relational aggression (RA) is defined as nonphysical behaviors that aim to deliberately cause harm to another individual by destroying relationships, harming social status or self-esteem, or public embarrassment (Crick, Werner, Casas, O’Brien, Nelson, Grotpeter, & Markon, 1999). Examples include behaviors such as purposely ignoring a peer, spreading rumors, creating undesirable gossip, and excluding a peer from group activities, (Crick, 1996; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995; Crick, Ostrov, & Werner, 2006). RA can occur as early as preschool years, and plays a huge role in the interactions among this population with behaviors such as covering one’s ears as a sign of ignoring another peer (Bonica, Arnold, Fisher, Zeljo, & Yershova, 2003; Crick et al.,