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  2. Anger - Wikipedia

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    Hasty and sudden anger is connected to the impulse for self-preservation. It is shared by humans and other animals, and it occurs when the animal feels tormented or trapped. This form of anger is episodic. Settled and deliberate anger is a reaction to perceived deliberate harm or unfair treatment by others. This form of anger is episodic.

  3. Aggression - Wikipedia

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    The economic system known as capitalism has been viewed by some as reliant on the leveraging of human competitiveness and aggression in pursuit of resources and trade, which has been considered in both positive and negative terms. [138] Attitudes about the social acceptability of particular acts or targets of aggression are also important factors.

  4. Anger management - Wikipedia

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    The ideal goal of anger management [3] is to control and regulate anger so that it does not result in problems. Anger is an active emotion that calls a person feeling it to respond. [4]: 4 People get into anger issues because both the instigator and instigated lack interpersonal and social skills to maintain self-control.

  5. Limbic resonance - Wikipedia

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    Limbic resonance is the idea that the capacity for sharing deep emotional states arises from the limbic system of the brain. [1] These states include the dopamine circuit-promoted feelings of empathic harmony, and the norepinephrine circuit-originated emotional states of fear, anxiety and anger.

  6. Genetics of aggression - Wikipedia

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    Aggression can manifest in different ways between biological males and females. A study evaluated these differences by using EEG and ECG to monitor neurobiological responses to aggravating stimuli. It was shown that anger and physical aggression was much greater in men than women. Men also scored higher on a scale regarding reactive aggression.

  7. Theory of constructed emotion - Wikipedia

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    Instead, the empirical evidence suggests that what exists in the brain and body is affect, and emotions are constructed by multiple brain networks working in tandem. [5] [6] Most other theories of emotion assume that emotions are genetically endowed, not learned. Other scientists believe there are circuits in the brain: an anger circuit, a fear ...

  8. James–Lange theory - Wikipedia

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    James-Lange theory proposed that the state of the body can induce emotions or emotional dispositions. In other words, this theory suggests that when we feel teary, it generates a disposition for sad emotions; when our heartbeat is out of normality, it makes us feel anxiety.

  9. Functional accounts of emotion - Wikipedia

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    A functional account of any system assesses its specific function in terms of the factors that elicit the activation of that system, and the changes that follow the activation of that system. Importantly, not every cause and consequence of a system pertains to its primary function; the primary function is the specific purpose that the system ...