CHAPTER 10

AGGRESSION

I.

WHAT IS AGGRESSION?

Aggression- It is physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm.

2 Distinct Type of Aggression
In Animals
* Social Aggression characterized by display of rage.
* Silent Aggression- when a predator stalks its prey.
In Humans
*Hostile Aggression- springs from anger; its goal is to injure.
* Instrumental Aggression- aims to injure, but only as a means to some other
end.
II. What are some theories of aggression?

AGGRESSION AS A BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON

First view- argued by the eighteenth century French philosopher Jean
Jacques Rousseau (1712- 1778) blames society, not human nature,
social evils.
Second View- associated with Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) credits
society for restraining the human brute.
Third view- argued by Sigmund Freud in the twentieth century the
brutish view that aggressive drive is born and thus inevitable.

Instinct theory and Evolutionary Psychology