Aggression

Certain brain structures and body chemicals influence how aggressively a person behaves. The limbic system, the hormone

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Aggression

Some genes may make a person more likely to behave aggressively. The MAOA gene controls a brain chemical linked to aggre

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Aggression

Ethologists argue that animals, including humans, are born with automatic aggressive responses. A specific trigger in th

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Aggression

Evolutionary explanations argue that humans evolved aggressive behaviours because those behaviours helped our ancestors

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Aggression

The frustration-aggression hypothesis proposes that aggression always results from frustration. Frustration occurs whene

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Social learning theory says people learn to be aggressive by watching others and copying them. A child who sees aggressi

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De-individuation happens when people lose their sense of personal identity in a crowd or online. This loss of identity r

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Aggression

Psychologists disagree about why violence occurs in prisons. Some blame the personalities inmates bring with them. Other

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Watching or playing violent media can make people behave more aggressively. Researchers study whether violent computer g

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Watching violent media can make aggression feel normal, lower your resistance to acting aggressively, and put aggressive

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