Why Are Individuals Aggressive?
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Aggression is difficult to define, it is a complex phenomenon, and depending
upon the context the term can be made to carry either positive or negative
connotations, it can be attacking behaviour that may be either self-protective
and self-assertive or to the infliction of injury toward oneself o ....
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.... of this discussion, the
definition of Gross will be used.
Gross defines aggression as :-"The intentional infliction of some form of harm
on others" (Gross page 444)
Freud proposed that aggression is an instinctive biological urge. According to
Freud this instinct, is made up of the libido (pleasure) and "Thanatos" (the
death wish) (pain). This basic instinct is present in the Id from birth, at
first the aggression is relatively uncontrolled, but with the development of the
Ego and s ....
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