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| behaviour intended to harm another individual. |
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| Inflicting harm in order to obtain something of value. |
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| Inflicting harm for its own sake. |
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In virtually every culture, males are more violent than females.
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For virtually any category of agression, males are more aggressive than females.
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Several studies have found that fingerlength ratio is linked to higher aggression.
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True.
If the ring finger is longer than the index finger.
it's weird... I know. |
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| A brakeing mechanism to restrain impulsive acts of aggression. |
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Children who are spanked or otherwise physically disciplined for behaving aggressively tend to become less aggressive.
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| The theory that behaviour is learned through the observation of others as well as through the direct experience of rewards and punishments. |
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| Frustration Aggression Hypothesis |
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| The idea that (1) frustration always elicits the motive to aggress; and (2) that all aggression is caused by frustration. |
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| Aggressing against a substitute target because aggressive acts against the source of the frustration are inhibited by fear or lack of access. |
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| A reduction of the motive to aggress that is said to result from any imagined, observed, or actual act of aggression. |
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Blowing off steam by engaging in safe but aggressive activities makes people less likely to aggress later.
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| The tendency that the likelihood of aggression will increase by the mere presence of weapons. |
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| The tendency to perceive hostile intent in others. |
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Can playing violent video games cause children and young adults to become more aggressive and violent?
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| A growing body of research suggests that it can. |
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Exposure to TV violence in childhood is related to aggression later in life.
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| Reduction in emotion related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus. |
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| The process by which the mass media construct a version of social reality for the public. |
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Adding violence to pornography greatly increases the possibility of harmful effects.
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Men are much more likely than women to aggress against their spouses or partners.
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