Pit Bulls Vs Cobras

In couples relationships, we can face the problem of domestic abuse. A research made CONDUCTED BY by professors of psychology, Dr. Neil Jacobson and Dr. John Gottman, shows us that there aretwo types of battering partners,MEN the “Pitbull” and the “Cobra”. In this essay, I will describe the similarities and the differences between them.

Pit bulls and cobras can be alike in some ways. The pit bulls and the cobras both need to be in control of their relationship and both use fear and violence to achieve it. The two types of person we are facing also both had a traumatic childhood in someway (delinquency, witnessed domestic abuse) which can explain their mental problem.

Although pit bulls and cobras can seem to be pretty similar because they

both are battering partners, there are differences in their behaviours and methods. Pit bulls are jealous and constantly afraid of being betrayed by their partner, which means strong emotions take control of them and they’re not thinking and acting rationally anymore. Cobras, on the other hand, are cold and far more calculated, they don’t get trapped by their emotions. There is another difference, when pit bulls are using violence, it is more likely that they use their bare hands to hit or threaten their partner, instead of that the cobras often use weapons such as a knife or even a gun to threaten their partners.

IN CONCLUSION, The Pit bull type and the Cobra type both use violence, but clearly don’t have the same psychological traits. One is more passionate while the other one has a more sociopathic pattern. We can learn from that that the psychological treatment will be different from one type to another and when their cases are treated by the police they also will have to take notice of the two different types in order to understand the case (and the suspect) in a more effective way.