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Some psychologists, however, such as Bushman and Anderson, argue that the hostile/predatory dichotomy that is commonly employed in psychology fails to define rage fully, since it is possible for anger to motivate aggression, provoking vengeful behavior, without incorporating the impulsive thinking that is characteristic of rage.
An anger management course. Anger management is a psycho-therapeutic program for anger prevention and control. It has been described as deploying anger successfully. [1] Anger is frequently a result of frustration, or of feeling blocked or thwarted from something the subject feels is important.
[3] [4] [5] In definitions commonly used in the social sciences and behavioral sciences, aggression is an action or response by an individual that delivers something unpleasant to another person. [6] Some definitions include that the individual must intend to harm another person. [7]
In psychology, the term affect is often used interchangeably with several related terms and concepts, though each term may have slightly different nuances. These terms encompass: emotion, feeling, mood, emotional state, sentiment, affective state, emotional response, affective reactivity, disposition .
[4] When first formulated, the hypothesis stated that frustration always precedes aggression, and aggression is the sure consequence of frustration. [1] Two years later, however, Miller [2] and Sears [5] re-formulated the hypothesis to suggest that while frustration creates a need to respond, some form of aggression is one possible outcome ...
[4] Some natural sciences also place emphasis on human behavior. Neurology and evolutionary biology, study how behavior is controlled by the nervous system and how the human mind evolved, respectively. [5] In other fields, human behavior may be a secondary subject of study when considering how it affects another subject. [6]
Resentment (also called ranklement or bitterness) is a complex, multilayered emotion [1] that has been described as a mixture of disappointment, disgust and anger. [2] Other psychologists consider it a mood [3] or as a secondary emotion (including cognitive elements) that can be elicited in the face of insult or injury.
Robert Sapolsky argues that the tendency to form in-groups and out-groups of Us and Them, and to direct hostility at the latter, is inherent in humans. [4] He also explores the possibility raised by Samuel Bowles that intra-group hostility is reduced when greater hostility is directed at Thems, [5] something exploited by insecure leaders when they mobilise external conflicts so as to reduce in ...