PSYchology

The influence of family and peers on the development of aggressiveness

​​​​​​​In chapter 5, it was shown that some people have a persistent propensity to violence. Whether they use aggression to achieve their goals, that is, instrumentally, or simply explode into fits of the strongest rage, such people are responsible for a large share of the violence in our society. Moreover, many of them show their aggressiveness in a wide variety of situations and for many years. How do they become so aggressive? See →

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For some people, early experience of family upbringing largely determines their future life paths and can even significantly affect their chances of becoming delinquents. On the basis of her data and the results of several other studies conducted in several countries, McCord concluded that parenting often has a «long-lasting effect» on the development of antisocial tendencies. See →

Direct influences on the development of aggressiveness

Some of those who are violent continue to be aggressive for years because they have been rewarded for their aggressive behavior. They often attacked other people (in fact, they «practiced» in this), and it turned out that aggressive behavior every time brings them certain benefits, pays off. See →

Unfavorable conditions created by parents

If unpleasant feelings do give rise to an urge to aggression, then it may well be that children who are often exposed to negative influences gradually develop strongly pronounced inclinations to aggressive behavior by adolescence and later in the course of growing up. Such people can become emotionally reactive aggressors. They are characterized by frequent outbursts of anger, they lash out in rage at those who irritate them. See →

How effective is the use of punishment in disciplining children?

Should parents physically punish their children, even if teenagers are clearly and defiantly disobeying their demands? The opinions of specialists dealing with the problems of development and education of children differ on this issue. See →

Punishment Explanation

Psychologists who denounce the use of punishment in child rearing are in no way opposed to setting rigid standards of behavior. They usually say that the parents muaj determine exactly why the children, for their own benefit, are required to follow these rules. Moreover, if the rules are broken, adults should make sure that the children understand that they did wrong. See →

Integration: An Analysis of Patterson’s Social Learning

Patterson’s analysis begins with a rather weighty assumption: many children learn most of their aggressive behavior from interactions with other members of their families. Patterson acknowledges that the development of a child is influenced not only by stressful situations that affect the family, such as unemployment or conflicts between husband and wife, but also by other factors. See →

Indirect influences

The formation of a teenager’s personality can also be influenced by indirect influences that do not imply anyone’s special intention. A number of factors, including cultural norms, poverty, and other situational stressors, can indirectly influence the patterning of aggressive behavior; I will limit myself here to only two such indirect influences: disagreement between parents and the presence of antisocial patterns. See →

Modeling influence

The development of aggressive tendencies in children can also be influenced by the patterns of behavior demonstrated by other people, regardless of whether these others want children to imitate them. Psychologists refer to this phenomenon as kev ua qauv, defining it as the influence exerted by the observation of how another person performs certain actions, and the subsequent imitation by the observer of the behavior of this other person. See →

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The general assumption that the roots of persistent antisocial behaviors in many (but probably not all) cases can be traced back to childhood influences has received considerable empirical support. See →

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Violence on screens and printed pages: immediate effect. Imitation crimes: the contagiousness of violence. Experimental studies of the short-term impact of violent scenes in mass media. Violence in the media: lasting effects with repeated exposure. Formation of ideas about society in children. Acquisition of aggressive tendencies. Understand «Why?»: the formation of social scenarios. See →

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