Hypothesis Of Aggression And Aggression

PART I

INTRODUCTION

It is a fact that a person may harm another person in a form of aggression at some point in time. When people get frustrated, they are expected to be aggressive. And when people do aggressive acts, it may be said that the aggression is brought about by prior frustration. This is the suggestion of the frustration-aggression hypothesis. (Dollard, Doob, Miller, Mowrer, & Sears, 1939). There are also existing factors that influence us to do so. Some harm others to deal with aversion, others harm because they expect rewards or have observed other people rewarded, or basically because they are obliged or expected to do so. (Fall, 2010) Expectation of rewards also involves material benefits, social approval, and attention. (Delamater & Myers, 2012) The reward to be expected by the

(Buss, 1961). Because it involves the perception of intent, what looks like aggression from one point of view may not look that way from another, and the same harmful behavior may or may not be aggressive depending on its intent (Baron, R. A., & Richardson, D. R., 1994). Retaliation, on the other hand, is to simply take revenge or do something bad to a person who has treated one badly. (Merriam-Webster, 2015) To retaliate, means to do something in response to an action that is done to oneself or an associate, especially to attack or cause pain to someone as a response to a hurtful action. (The Free Dictionary Farlex, Inc., 2015) Retaliation doesn’t just occur naturally without any apparent conditions, there are factors that affect a person’s degree of retaliation towards a certain target. A person is more likely to be aggressive to another person who is similar or acquainted to him, to a person who deserves it, and to a person who is less expected to retaliate or take revenge. (Delamater & Myers,