Aggression – Social Behavior (PSY)

00:00 Let’s get into Aggression.

00:04 Social behavior for we going to start talk about love and attraction.

00:08 We’re going to have to move on the opposite which would be aggression.

00:10 There is three types of factors that can really help further support aggressive behavior.

00:16 Now, one might seem odd when we are talking about genetic predisposition.

00:20 And what we’re referring to here is more along the lines of personality traits.

00:25 and not that there’s a gene that makes you angry.

00:28 We are referring to the fact that if within your family, your parents and other those out related to show a sense of aggressive behavior.

00:38 And that’s their personality type.

00:40 There is evidence to show that, that type of genetic predisposition has passed on.

00:46 So that you are more likely to be of aggressive tendencies if that’s what runs in your family.

00:51 So again, I’m not saying that’s the gene that makes you crazy and angry.

00:54 I’m just saying that, if your parents are kind of mindset chances are you’re going to have that predisposition.

01:00 Now, there is also Neurals.

01:02 We know that certain brain regions associated with facilitating and inhibiting aggression.

01:06 And the area of interest here that you should know for the MCAT would be the frontal lobe.

01:11 So we know the frontal lobe helps mitigate in man which some of that behavior, some of that aggression.

01:15 And so if you ever see deficiencies in that or there is damage, we can see that there’s increase in aggression.

01:22 We also know biochemically, there’s different things that you could consumed that will impact certain transmitters in your brain which will lead to aggression.

01:31 So we know things like alcohol for example. Actually disinhibits.

01:35 And disinhibits some of the breaks that I like to, the analogy that uses the gas and the breaks.

01:40 and that typically, we have the breaks on the areas of aggression.

01:45 And so the average, normal person is not acting aggressively and violently.

01:51 But then when you started drinking alcohol, we know disinhibits and pulls the breaks off and makes a little bit easier to become aggressive or show aggression.

02:02 Now, the Frustration-aggression principles, pretty straightforward.

02:05 And it states that’s really three points in this process. And one is that you start by being frustrated.

02:10 That can lead to anger which eventually leads to aggression.

02:14 So you see the transition of being frustrated about something.

02:17 You get angry and then get really aggressive.

02:19 And you know that the analogies or the situations that come into mind or a lot of times says sporting events.

02:26 And you are at the match watching your favorite team.

02:30 And you’re really frustrated about your play.

02:31 Now, the reps on your side. And there’s been a lot of bad calls.

02:35 The team is not playing. Extremely frustrated.

02:37 Now, you layered under the fact that now they’re loosing. You getting quiet upset.

02:41 You’re very angry because your team lose and is now under the playoffs.

02:45 And all of the sudden, as you leaving the stadium, those fans of the opposing team might be chirping in your face.

02:52 And now you’re primed. And so you’ve already gone on that process that you have your frustration, that you’re angry.

02:57 That making that leap to aggression becomes much easier.

03:00 If you’re already in that state of anger.

03:02 Now, if you layer on the top of this while this supporting events have alcohol in the mix which I said to this inhibitor and make even easier to get aggress.

03:10 Which I get a lot of time at these riots and thing go array.

03:15 Now, let’s define some other primers on aggression. What is that word that we are talking about? Well, this is a behavior that is forceful, hostile, or attacking.

03:25 And it’s not a dirty looks. To think sometimes, we have a different movie playing on our minds.

03:30 Saying, oh I give her dirty looks, she knows that you know, I’m very upset.

03:33 Or even the receiver that might say that dirty look, you’ve been very aggressive to me right now.

03:36 So, it’s not to say, that’s not aggressive but we’re looking at something it’s a little bit more forceful or hostile.

03:44 It’s considered something that is intended to cause harm or promote social dominance within a group.

03:49 And in the past, it was used as a way to sort of dominate the situation in terms of getting a land or protecting your family.

04:00 You’re keeping your dwelling like your cave or protecting your village.

04:03 Now, things have sort of change. We really don’t have this scenario happening to us as often.

04:09 And so we can have the situations like the workplace environment where you’re trying to instead protect your cave, you’re trying to protect your stands.

04:17 And you might disagree with somebody’s point of view.

04:20 and that can escalate into frustration, anger and aggression.

04:23 Sport were you know part of the aspects of sport are aggression in fighting things like boxing, hockey, football.

04:31 Again, things can escalate quite quickly and that’s almost part of the package of sport.

04:36 And then we have war which really hangs a lot of unfortunate is on aggression.

04:40 You try your negotiations and your peacekeeping but that can quickly turn into actual acts of war which will be aggression.