Aggression: What is the motivational role of aggression and how can it be effectively managed?
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Introduction
Where has the reader encountered aggression?
- Within him or herself?
- Within others?
- Friends?
- Family?
- In a stranger?
Why was this chapter written, and why read it?
- To explain or understand aggression
- To to describe how to or to effectively manage aggression
- The perils of unchecked aggression!
What does one mean by management of aggression
- Management strategies summary
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Definition
- Agression
- Definition
Levels (or perhaps types) of aggression:
- Violent aggression
- Verbal aggression
- Passive aggression
- Agressive attitude - 'go-getter'?
Differences
- Individual differences
- Differences in social and cultural understandings and perspectives on aggression
Origins
From whence does aggression emerge within the individual at any given time?
- Immediate biological processes
- Immediate social and environmental processes
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 |
Understanding from whence aggression comes and its purpose
- Justify explanation
- Overview
Biological Explanations
Brain structures
| Brain structure |
Role |
| Frontal Cortex |
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| Amygdala/limbic system |
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Hormones
| Hormone |
Role |
| Arginine vasopressin |
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| Cortistatin |
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| Dehydroepiandrosterone |
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| Dopamine |
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| Serotonin |
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| Testosterone |
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Neurotransmitters
| Neurotrans. |
Role |
| Vasopressin |
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Chemical influences
| Chemical. |
Role |
| Alcohol |
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| Illicit drugs |
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| Medication |
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Social and environmental causes
- 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?)
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Evolutionary Understandings
- 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?
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Management
- What might one/others exhibit or experience?
- What might one/others ultimately want?
- Is there a healthy experience or use of Aggression?
- How can this be achieved through management?
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