Abstract
1. Introduction
Aggression poses a major threat to individuals and society as a
whole, and has prompted investigations in the social and biological
sciences to investigate the correlates of this often destructive
behaviour. In psychology, human aggression has been defined as
overt behaviour to deliberately inflict harm upon another individual
(Anderson and Bushman, 2002). An important aspect following
the definition of aggression is that the aggressor believes that the
behaviour will cause physical and/or psychological damage to this
person (Anderson and Bushman, 2002). Examples of aggressive behaviour in experimental settings include administrating electric
shocks and noise blasts, negative evaluations, pushing, hitting, and
insulting (Bettencourt et al., 2006).
Aggression poses a major threat to individuals and society as a
whole, and has prompted investigations in the social and biological
sciences to investigate the correlates of this often destructive
behaviour. In psychology, human aggression has been defined as
overt behaviour to deliberately inflict harm upon another individual
(Anderson and Bushman, 2002). An important aspect following
the definition of aggression is that the aggressor believes that the
behaviour will cause physical and/or psychological damage to this
person (Anderson and Bushman, 2002). Examples of aggressive behaviour in experimental settings include administrating electric
shocks and noise blasts, negative evaluations, pushing, hitting, and
insulting (Bettencourt et al., 2006).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2481-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews |
Volume | 37 |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |