Learned experience is an important determinant of aggressive behavior in humans.
Elicitors of aggression such as personal insults, status threats, and the presence
of weapons are all learned sources of aggressive behavior. Further, aggressive
actions are often followed by rewards and are therefore likely to be repeated.
Children learn that aggression can enable them to control resources such as
toys and parental attention. Children also learn aggression by observing others
behave aggressively. The violent behavior of some teenage gangs provides its
younger members with aggressive role models. Children whose parents discipline
with physical force tend to use more physical aggression when interacting with
others, and parents who abuse their children were typically abused children
themselves. The influence of the mass media, especially television, on promoting
aggressive behavior is not yet well understood, but a growing body of research
evidence indicates that watching violent entertainment is linked to subsequent
aggression.
Animal Behavior, the way different kinds of animals behave, which has fascinated
inquiring minds since at least the time of Plato and Aristotle. Particularly
intriguing has been the ability of simple creatures to perform complicated tasks-weave
a web, build a nest, sing a song, find a home, or capture food-at just the right
time with little or no instruction. Such behavior can be viewed from two quite
different perspectives, discussed below: Either animals learn everything they
do , or they know what to do instinctively . Neither extreme has proven to be
correct.
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