Aggression In Human Beings

In cities, suburban areas and even small towns, people are fearful and concerned that violence has permeated the fabric of their communities and degraded the quality of their lives (Albert J. Reiss). There is aggression everyday and it can be seen in all different forms. Where ever you go there will be some type of aggression. While doing research, I learned new things about psychological aggression and affects aggression has on people.

The Milgram experiment can show you how psychological affects the humans nature on aggression. This experiment showed how when person when they were not near the learner, shocked them more than if they could see them. On Curiosity, a documentary, there was an episode called “how evil are you?” which showed exactly what Yale university psychologist Stanley Milgram did during his experiment (Roth).

The only thing that the documentary did that was not in the original experiment is that they added another step. The added step consisted of another teacher, whom was an actor just like the learner, that at a certain point would quit and step aside and the other teacher would have to take over. This showed that people influence each others psychological aggression to other people (Roth).

Even decades later, both experiments had the same results. The documentary has also shown how our own psychological genes have an effect on our aggression. It goes on and shows that a person’s DNA has a gene that tells how psychologically aggressive they can be, in other words psychopath (Roth).

In a sample of 991 parents in 1995, by the age of 2, 90% of them reported of using one or more forms of psychological aggression within 12 months with 98% by the age of 5. The most used psychological aggression that...

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...ely be aggressive towards others (Patterson & others, 1967 as cited in Myers).

In conclusion, psychological aggression affects behaviors on all people. Some people are more prone to it than others. There are suggestions that can help people to be overcome with aggression, but with complexity of aggression causes and the difficulty of controlling them (Myers, 2012).

Works Cited

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Glomb, T. M. (2003). Interpersonal Aggression in Work Groups. Academy of Management , 486-496.

Green, R. G. (2001). Human Aggression.

John E. Lochman, N. R. Anger and Aggression.

Murray A. Straus and Carolyn J, F. (n.d.). Psychological Aggression by American Parents:.

Myers, D. G. (2012). Exploring Social Psychology. New York: McGraw Hill.

Roth, Eli. 30 October 2011. How evil are you, episode 13. Curiosity.