Biology Demonstrations

Is it aggressive or biological environmental grounds? By Daena V. De Souza

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The innate nature subject was debated tirelessly for various aspects of human behavior, including aggressive behavior. Aggressive behavior is a behavior exhibited verbally or physically with the intent to destroy property or injure or annoy another person to do. There are studies to support the source of aggression to be innate, indicating a link between behavior and biochemical activities, while other studies have examined the environmental and societal influences on behavior.

The founder of behaviorism, John B. Watson argues that the conditioned response was considered the smallest unit of behavior, where more complex behaviors could be created. Evidence to support aggression as a learned behavior comes from studies of behavior in experimental situations and natural, social learning theory and the effect of cultural and social variables.

The biological theories suggest that aggression may be a chemical, hormonal or genetic component. Scientists have explored various possibilities of behavior. Some of the most convincing evidence comes from genetic research of serotonin and the influence of hormones on aggression.

The aim of this paper is to present an overview of existing theories and research findings that support both the nativist perspective and point of view and show the empirical relationship between biology and environment in behavior.

Aggression is learned

2.1 Studies of behavior.

Controlled studies of behavior in experimental situations have shown that aggressive behavior is similar to other operant behavior because it is influenced by rewards and punishments. We can use the example of the rat in the box "skinner" to demonstrate the effect of operant conditioning in experimental contexts. When the rat presses the bar, he is rewarded by a food pellet. Food is the reward that reinforces the action that led to the rat pressing the bar again to get another reward. This concept can be applied in the natural setting. If you give a child a toy to stop him from exposing the tantrums, the toy will reinforce this behavior. The children then learn that aggression could enable them to control resources such as toys and attract the attention of parents. If, after an aggressive behavior, a subject receives a positive reinforcement, they are likely to repeat behaviors to earn more rewards. It is a form of operant conditioning, where positive reinforcement encourages the display of aggression, concluding that aggression is learned by the reinforcement.

2.2 Social learning theory.

Bandura (1977), pioneer of the theory of social learning that focuses on the role of learning by observation of behavior. Bandura disputed that social imitation rather than the model of Skinner's reinforcement was responsible for aggressive behavior, which implies that aggression is imitated rather than learned conditioning. Research such as the Bobo doll study (Bandura) showed that aggression can be learned by imitation. Children learn by imitating adult actions aggression of the live experience or violence through the media. Bandura concluded that increases the likelihood of aggression see the spectator acts aggressively. By showing aggression, you may unwittingly encourage aggression in children suggestible. They may learn that aggressive behavior is common and acceptable and can be used to solve problems, achieve this goal, the influence of another person or even make a hero. The media present the model as violent as a hero who is rewarded. Children learn by imitation to be violent and e.