The Problem Of Aggression And Violence

Aggression – ‘the export of violence’ – played a central role in the rise of the West. Military and naval superiority rather than better resources, greater moral rectitude, irresistible commercial acumen underpinned western expansion. This same aggression was on display during the American Civil War. Both the North and South were fighting for their version of democracy in the Civil War. Lincoln optimized this in his closing line of the Gettysburg Address, “that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Several battles for both sides added to the attrition efforts and almost achieved a decisive victory but fell short. America felt the effects of battles on the home front and the political twisting that came with a war threatening our own land and well-being at home in a manner that wouldn’t be felt again for another 136 years. Even in the labels placed by the opposing sides, The "War of Northern Aggression" and “The "War of Southern Aggression", conversely, the ideal of aggression throughout the war was evident. The American Civil War revolved around the idea of saving the democracy through a decisive battle and political victory that would attrite the other side into submission; these ideals are rooted in an aggressive military tradition.

generations of extreme violence from the state, and logical decisions about what kind of actions require political result.

Firstly, physical punishment breeds aggressive behaviour. Research shows that negative reinforcement tends to have a replicating effect. Adults who were spanked as children are, in turn, more likely to spank their children. Parents set a precedent and children tend to imitate the behaviour, good or ill. For example, a child that is physically

It is easy to interpret that the world is more violent today than in the past, when violence is present on many television and radio channels and dispersed so liberally throughout the internet. The truth of the matter, however, is that physical violence has always been a part of our lives. Beginning with the first murder in the Bible by Cain, an early example of violence in literature, physical violence has often been a part of what one reads. In comparing the novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, and the novel Deadwood Dick’s Doom by Edward Wheeler, one can see that both novels portray many types of physical violence, that there is not necessarily a relationship between the physical violence and

Violence has been an issue for a long time and is all around us, that’s why police or law enforcements are important for our community to keep all individuals safe. People have said for several years that violence is never the answer, but yet we continue to have many issues that surround it. Our own history has shown many acts of violence throughout its time and has proven to people that wars are the only answer, but I strongly disagree.

The purpose of this research is to delve into what aggression truly is, and what it means. This paper will seek to answer, the question of aggression being a byproduct of anger and thereby a negative emotion or if aggression is an impulse derived from survival instincts. For the intent of this paper, the definition of aggression that will be used throughout this work is derived from that article by Ben Karpman titled "Aggression", published in the 1950 October edition of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. "Aggression … is the expenditure of energy in order to secure what is needed from the environment" (Karpman 697). While this definition was established quite a long time ago it is a staple of the psychology community and the work of

Aggression should not be explained by only one theory, but by combining them all we may achieve a better understanding of this instinctively emotional behavior.

Hitting children teaches them to hit. Research is available to support a link between corporal punishment in childhood and aggressive behavior in teenage and adult years. (www.naturalchild.org)

Violence has always been a crucial factor in many genres of cinemas and film productions. The Western genre and the film in the genre is a fascinating approach to analyze the treatment of violence. Violence in the Western genre has changed multiple times into completely different but interesting view points over the course of history. The traditional western treatment of violence is related to the myth of purgative violence, or the idea of “regeneration through violence” suggested by Richard Slotkin. In the traditional Western treatment of violence, violence is considered honored and purified because the conduction of violence eliminates and eradicates the otherness in the society and restore stability as a direct result of violence. Moving to 1960s, the trend of Western genre shifted from classical western to the theme of revisionist western. Revisionist western, unlike classical western, strongly criticizes violence. Revisionist western focuses on the lawlessness of the American west, depicts the randomness and irrationality of violence, and destroys the romanticism of violence by replacing it with a more realistic and authentic approach to the real execution and consequence of violence in the west.

After watching the video, “The Truth About Violence, it definitely changed my viewpoint on violence. One of the main points of this video is that violence is actually a biological trait of every human. Aggression is hard-wired into us by our evolution. Years ago, it was a key trait of survival. Even though it is a part of us, we are just tough that it is wrong. Therefore, our natural tendency for violence is suppressed but we as human still enjoy of the thought or sight

In every country, there are established laws so that people can act in accord with society standards and it is a way of punishing individuals disobey these laws. Nevertheless, almost in all culture violent acts seem to be the only way to solve a problem for some individuals. Some individuals use their status to either harming others or committing crimes for personal gain for themselves. Many social psychologists have tried to understand what causes aggressive behavior. Today all around the United State violence and aggression seem to dominate our communities. Homicide, and domestic violence are among the most crime aired through the media. This essay will focus on hostile aggression and instrumental aggression behavior and how those behavior are connect its to criminal behavior.

Children learn by observing those around them, and if they are surrounded by aggression and violence then they are going to attempt to mimic those behaviors. In addition, a family environment filled with, “... coercive interactions between parents and their children and children themselves affect the behavior of all parties and contribute to the development of a hostile family environment - a true breeding ground for aggression” (Shaffer & Kipp, 2014). This clearly demonstrates the impact that an aggressive environment can have on a child’s

Aggression is defined by Anderson & Bushman (2002) as ‘any behaviour directed toward another individual that is carried out with the immediate intent to cause harm whereby the perpetrator believes the behaviour will harm the target’ although there is no one explicit definition. This essay will illustrate the main biological, social and biosocial theories surrounding the question of whether aggression is innate or acquired, or indeed a combination of both.

Statistics indicate many aggressors at some point or another have witnessed acts of violence. During childhood, these observed behaviors can have a major impact and influence on adolescent and adult attitudes, perception of self and others. "Children become more susceptible and prone to negative and dangerous behaviors which can

Physical assault and aggression is the second leading cause of death among 14 to 17 year olds, next to vehicular accidents (Loeber). But why are humans so aggressive in the first place? There are two sides of the debate: Nature, and Nurture. Some say that it’s human nature, genetics that cause most behaviors, while others say that we act as we learned during childhood. This argument applies to aggression as well. Aggression is mainly caused by things during childhood and adolescence where people learn from various sources about aggression, although, human psychology plays a slight factor.