Roots of aggressive behavior
Each person has his own psychological causes of aggression. Every psychologist less or more famous tried to put forward his guess of where and how "aggression" is born. There are 3 main groups known for aggression:
- Aggression as an instinct. A number of psychologists believe that a person's aggressive behavior arises instinctively. Aggression contributes to survival, carrying out three main functions - the struggle for food resources and territory, the protection of offspring and the improvement of the gene pool. Aggressive energy appears in a person constantly, accumulates and eventually breaks out. True, the borders of all have their own, but any breakthrough of aggression leads to hostility in behavior. It is believed that aggression could be inherited by a person from his ancestors-hunters. Hunting nature, undoubtedly, is the impetus to destruction, wars and violence. Therefore, we can say that aggression from people is inevitable, moreover, it is difficult to control.
- Aggression as a result of impracticability to fulfill their needs. In this case, the problem lies in another: each of us is faced with the inability for some reason to fulfill all of his desires, as a result, almost always there is aggression and anger. These qualities of a person are directed to themselves, to things or to other people. Sometimes aggression manifests itself in such a variation: a person pushes someone, can yell at a stranger, and sometimes begins to lament: "I'm guilty of everything myself and there is no forgiveness for me!". Unfortunately, this method of reaction becomes a habit, especially if it is often used. Moreover, such a response method is unlikely to help solve the problem and / or overcome the most notorious obstacles.
- Aggression as the fruit of learning. Everything we learned in childhood in adults: imitated in the manner of eating, talking, behaving and dressing. Likewise, we learned by watching adults, aggressive behavior: seeing how our parents constantly scream at surrounding people, and at each other, we remember such behavior as the only true one. There are other factors that increase the possibility of manifestation of aggression during adulthood: constant attacks and / or nagging on the part of adults, unacceptable treatment, and sometimes direct instructions: "Give him change. Are you that small? ". A person growing up in such an environment is difficult to remain sweet, quiet and fluffy. But in this case he has the opportunity to learn how to control his aggressive state. This ability can be developed if you observe people who are able to calmly resolve any conflicts. To be a stimulus, you can encourage yourself for anything with each manifestation of humanity and meekness.
What can influence the aggression
So, the psychological essence of aggression we dismantled.Agression is found in every person and there are a lot of reasons and goals that justify its existence. But there are things that can aggravate aggressive behavior, making it more destructive. For example, the features of education and culture, some personality traits, features of the situation. Adaptation to the aggressive state is strongly influenced by circumstances in the community, including cultural norms. Cultural norms are how others perceive a hostile behavior. For example, one culture encourages aggression, while another censures aggression. The media strongly influence the person, who constantly broadcast information about explosions and threats, violence. Most often, the person perceives this as something normal, which in turn increases the likelihood of aggression.
The tendency to such behavior is also influenced by the situation of everyone. For example, if a child has grown up in an incomplete family, then the likelihood that he will be hostile towards other people is large enough. However, on the contrary, the family is full and has many children. Involvement in such families is determined by the relationships between the children: if they constantly intervene and swear, they will become impulsive and hostile when they grow up. The family atmosphere also contributes to this problem: how badly children are hurt, how much parents often interfere in children's lives, conflicts between children, how parents are inconsistent, when they establish discipline and rules. However, it's not just about long-playing factors.
Sometimes there are such situations that it is impossible to remain calm. In such situations, as a rule, we are provoked into aggression, sometimes even creating uncomfortable conditions that we can not endure. The presence of outside observers in such a situation is the only one that can reduce the intensity of passions. There are groups of people who only cause a kind of aggression in a person. For example, a woman who recently broke up with her husband, meeting men, something similar to her ex-husband, wants to do something bad.
Some may be irritated by physical characteristics of the situation, for example, noise, stuffiness, heat, polluted air, crowdedness. But the main factor is the personal factor. Certain features of a character are capable of increasing the possibility of aggression against any, even insignificant, situation. These include emotional sensitivity and irritability, high anxiety, craving for achievements, assertiveness, the desire to take responsibility for everything that happens.