Aggressive Behaviour
Why Do Some People Have Aggression and Others Not?
Many factors play a role and influence the levels of aggression. Read on to find out more about these aggression-related factors.
As shown in the article Aggression: General Aggression Model, five specific theories are integrated into a framework called the general aggression model (GAM). It is therefore a socio-cognitive, dynamic, and developmental model which includes personological, situational and biological variables (Anderson & Carnagey, 2004)
Why do some people have aggression and others not?
Different people bring different characteristics to the situation. Person factors include attitudes, personality traits, and genetic predispositions. Particular traits influence individuals to elevated heights of aggression. A specific type of high self-esteem produces high aggression.In particular, individuals with magnified or volatile self-esteem (narcissists) are prone to anger and are extremely aggressive when their high self-image is exposed.
Additionally, it is important to note that sex plays a role in aggression. Males and females differ in aggressive predisposition, principally in the most violent behaviors of forced assault and homicide.
Many types of beliefs also play a role in awareness to aggress. Aggression-related beliefs notably expect potential levels of aggressive behavior. The cause of such viewpoints in children is frequently the family.
Values also functions in aggression awareness. For numerous people, violence is a completely tolerable process of dealing with interpersonal disagreements, possibly even a chosen method.
Furthermore, abstract and long-term goals play a role in the consideration of individuals for aggression. One example of this is the supreme goal of a number of gang members to be feared and esteemed.
Input variables such as pain-which amplifies state hostility or anger-can also directly manipulate subsequent consequences on aggressive behavior. Moreover, there is an increase in the coverage of violent movie clips which also increases hostile thoughts. Continuing consumers of violent media can turn out to be more aggressive in viewpoint, perceptual prejudices, attitudes,values, and behavior than they were prior to the recurring exposure, or would have developed a devoid of such exposure.
Anderson & Bushman (2002) also identify that communicative motor reactions are the habitual responses that come about in concurrence with specific emotions, mostly in the face.This concept is sound with the knowledge structure method. Countless knowledge structures for example scripts comprise action propensities that are triggered off every time the knowledge configuration itself reaches its upper limit.
Finally, it is evident that various drugs such as caffeine and alcohol can also augment aggression. The effects however, seem to be secondary rather than direct. The authors recognize that aggression-facilitating features for instance aggravation, provocation and aggressive signs have a greater effect on people who are under the control of drugs than on people who are not.
Resources:
Anderson, C.A., & Bushman, B. (2002). Human Aggression. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 2002. 53:27–51.
Anderson, C.A. & Carnagey, N.L. (2004). Violent Evil and the General Aggression Model.Chapter in A. Miller (Ed). The Social Physiology of the Good and Evil (pp168-192)
