Aggression: instinct or learned response?

In an era in which nuclear weapons are quite affordable, so that a single act of aggression may cause disaster, in an age when many people experience, often aggressive thoughts and impulses and personal health effects of interpersonal relationships have led psychologists to focus on the study of the emotional reactions – aggression.

Emotions determine not only the general reaction, but the specific reactions. Laugh when we rejoice when we are frightened we withdraw, become aggressive when we are angry. These reactions have a broad social significance. Psychologists who have focused their studies on aggression is based on two major theories of social behavior, which explains the different nature of aggression. While Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of aggression considered as instinct, social learning theory consider that a learned response.

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Work-related stress

Work-related stress can be caused by many events. For example, a person might feel under greater pressure if the service requests (number of hours, everything that responsibility) are higher than individual capabilities.

Other sources of this kind of stress include conflict with colleagues / bosses, frequent changes, security threats related to (security) such as possible job cutbacks. However, what one person may perceive as being stressful another may consider it as a challenge. What makes the difference of perception depends on the service, the psychological traits of individuals, but also by other factors: physical health or health in general.

Some symptoms of this type of stress can be:

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