What Makes A Human Violent Behavior - 1877 Words

Abstract In a key since, we ask ourselves are violent humans conceived or created. What makes a human violent or aggressive? Maternal neglect? Physical Abuse? A male physically hitting a female? Impaired problems? Peer/gang pressures? Violence showed on television or violent music lyrics? So in an attempt to understand what makes a human violent or aggressive; we have to remember that not all violence is the same, the brain facilitates all behavior. To understanding the origins of violence and aggression; violence is an intermixture of things such as physical violence that can be impulsive, defensive, predatory or remorseless aggression. Aggression is not violence. An aggressive person may not be violent. Aggression is a behavior†¦show more content†¦Although aggression and violent behaviors may have been adaptive in our ancient past, it hardly seems adaptive in today’s times. For example, on April 20, 1999 Eric Harris age 18 and Dyaln Kelebld age 17 entered the Columbine High School killed 12 fellow students and one teacher before committing suicide in the school library (CNN). When such acts of violent rage happen we want to know what caused the motivation of that individual to commit such an incident. But before we get too far, let’s define the terms â€Å"aggression† and â€Å"violence†. Most researchers define aggression as any behavior intended to harm another person who does not want to be harmed (Baron Richardson,1994). This definition has three main features. Remember that aggression is a behavior – you can physically see it. Aggression is not an internal response, such as having enraged feelings or aggressive thoughts. Secondly, aggression is done on purpose not accidental kind of like the doctor giving you a shot which hurts, but the reasoning behind it is to help not harm. Third, the victim wants to dodge the harm. Thus, suicide would not be called aggression, because the victim is looking to be harmed. Onto the d efinition of violence which is defined by the American Psychological Association as an extreme form of aggression, such as assault, rape or murder. All violent acts are aggressive, but not all the aggressive acts are violent. For instance, lashing