Human aggression

Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at which a unifying framework is needed. Major domain-limited theories of aggression include cognitive neoassociation, social learning, social interaction, script, and excitation transfer theories. Using the general aggression model (GAM), this...

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Published in:Annual review of psychology 2002-01, Vol.53 (1), p.27-51
Main Authors: ANDERSON, Craig A, BUSHMAN, Brad J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affect
Aggression
Aggression - psychology
Aggressiveness
Aggressiveness (Psychology)
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Interpersonal Relations
Learning
Motivation
Personality
Psychological Theory
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social Interaction
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Theoretical Problems
Theory
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Summary:Research on human aggression has progressed to a point at which a unifying framework is needed. Major domain-limited theories of aggression include cognitive neoassociation, social learning, social interaction, script, and excitation transfer theories. Using the general aggression model (GAM), this review posits cognition, affect, and arousal to mediate the effects of situational and personological variables on aggression. The review also organizes recent theories of the development and persistence of aggressive personality. Personality is conceptualized as a set of stable knowledge structures that individuals use to interpret events in their social world and to guide their behavior. In addition to organizing what is already known about human aggression, this review, using the GAM framework, also serves the heuristic function of suggesting what research is needed to fill in theoretical gaps and can be used to create and test interventions for reducing aggression.
ISSN:0066-4308
1545-2085
DOI:10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135231