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Contents
Introduction .....................................................................................................................2
Main context....................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................4
References.......................................................................................................................5
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Introduction
Social psychology is one of the most important parts of the study of psychology and
provides brief idea of human psych as well as help in analyzing the behavior. Social
psychology provides a scientific analysis of individuals’ behavior and provides an
appropriate knowledge of the character of the individual. Social psychology finds out
the reasons of social behavior and thinking process and help in understanding the
psych of an individual (A. Baron, 2015, pp 320-357). Aggression is one of the vital
emotions of human behavior. The perspectives of aggression behavior, recognition of
the roots of violence can be evaluated by the study of social psychology. Biological
aspects of an individual has significant role in assessing the aggressive behavior of an
individual. The study of social psychology helps to analysis that human is
programmed to be aggressive or situation makes the human aggressive. What
motivates human being to harm others, the social causes of aggression as well as the
cultural aspects can be effectively known by social psychology.
Main context
Reverently, the violence as well as aggression is increasingly enhanced in the society,
basically, among youths generation of the society. In several incidents, it is clearly
noticed that the youths are becoming unrest and violent in nature. There are several
causes of this increasing violence, which lays in their instinct, several driving force
influence their violent behavior as well as their social background also responsible for
their illicit, unethical behavior (Dabbs & Dabbs, 2000). The biological factor
influences the behavior of the individual; parents pass their genes to the next
generation. Several psychologists like Sigmund Freud support this theory. In their
opinion parents, qualities pass on to their children. Recently, most psychologists deny
this concept. The society in which the individuals belong also contributes significant
contribution to the character of an individual. The drive theory is another vital theory,
and the most imperative theory of the drive theory is frustration aggression. The
frustration leads the individuals to show their aggression and harm others. Aggression
is intentional infliction for harm on others. Modern theories of aggression like general
aggression paradigm identify the significance of learning diverse ranges of eliciting
input variables (Huber, Bannasch & Brennan, 2011). There are several causes of
human aggression such as social causes. Social exclusion is one of the main causes
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of aggression as well as exposure to the violence in the media influence to show
aggression. The mass media has also significant affect on human behavior especially
aggressive behavior. The television programs, movies, several news and their natures
of presenting violence and video games influence the violence activities. There must
be effective utilization of techniques like apologies, punishment, catharsis, non-skill
paradigms, and social skill training to reduce the aggression among the youth people
(P. Philips, 2015, pp 560-568).
Aristotle concept of the catharsis derived from a Greek word for the purgation that
has survived in the modern times. The debate of violence in television programs and
motion pictures instigate the violent deeds by the people who watch such scenes. The
authorities of Eminent contended that the filmed violence is far from to the real
violence in that the viewer may eliminate himself of the hostile impulses by viewing
the aggression of other people even if the people are just an actor’s on the screen. The
authorities of the equal stature argue that one psychiatrist told the Senate
subcommittee that filmed violence is the “preparatory school for the delinquency”
(Berkowitz, 2015, pp 317-320). The emotionally immature individual can be affected
seriously affected by the by brutality or fighting in the films influencing young people
into the habit of conveying their aggression by socially destructive acts. Recently
neither of the arguments had support of the data are obtained by the controlled
experimentation as hypotheses supporting at the best by the unsystematic observation.
Several psychologists tests has undertaken on the effects of the aggressive films. The
idea of the aggression catharsis is admired both in the psychological logical writing
and conventional wisdom. It seems to make the sense that attacking the enemies
allows the attackers to eliminate himself of the hostility and angers towards his victim
(G. Geen, 2015, pp 721-126). The frustration aggression hypothesis and
psychoanalytic theory expresses that aggression can lead to release of the aggressive
drive so that the acts of violence are provided less probable. The following point of
view specifies simple model of cause effect starting produces an aggressive arousal
motivating an aggressive response that reduces the arousal. Declining level of the
aggression is the end result. The observation of the aggression is likely to persuade
the hostile behaviour than draining off the aggressive inclinations in television and
motion picture violence stimulating the aggressive actions by the normal individuals
as well as who are disturbed emotionally. The experiment results in the aggressive
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action by the people who had observed the filmed violence. The cause effect and
catharsis hypothesis encountered troubles on methodological, theoretical and
empirical levels. Some of the investigators reported results supporting the notion of
the catharsis (Huber, Bannasch & Brennan, 2011). The lack of the conclusiveness
characterizes data on the aggression catharsis can leads to the reduction in aggression
by lowering the aggressive instigation. The experimental situation structured in such a
way that aggressive behaviour generates the feelings of anxiety or guilt in the subject.
The hypothesis catharsis can be questioned on the theoretical grounds because the
reduction in the aggressive arousal can represent the termination of the aversive state
reducing the probability of the occurrence of aggressive response. The argument
proves that lower aggressive arousal may reinforce aggression.
Conclusion
Social psychology is the study for analyzing the human behavior. There are several
theories for effectively analyzing the human behavior such as drive theories, instinct
theories, social theories, and biological factors, which influence the behavior of the
human beings. Aggression is one of the most important emotional aspects of human
being and the show off aggression is different in different human beings according to
the situation. The concept of the symbolic catharsis predicts that an anger person
might enter into the scene vicariously working off the anger by thinking himself as a
winning fighter on the person who had provoked him (Raine, n.d.). The experiment
describes that justified aggression film would lead to a stronger than a weaker
manifestation of the hostility.
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