A Dialectical Analysis of Aggression [Masters Thesis, University of Saskatchewan]

ABSTRACT Having review the literature on the concept of "aggression" I found that the literature could be di

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A Dialectical Analysis of Aggression [Masters Thesis, University of Saskatchewan]

Table of contents :
ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER II INSTINCT THEORIES

2.1 Homo Homini Lupus
2.2 Ethological Explanation of Aggression
2.3 Evaluation of Ethological Approach
2. 4 Thanatos

CHAPTER III LEARNING THEORIES

3.1 Aggression and Emotion
3.2 The Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis
3.3 Classical Learning Theory of Aggression
3.3.1 The Catharsis Hypothesis
3.3.2 The Scapegoat Hypothesis
3.4 Social Learning Theory of Aggression
3.5 Attention-getting Theory of Aggression
3.6 Evaluation of Learning Theories of Aggression

CHAPTER IV THE PROCESS OF AGGRESSION
4.1 The Laboratory Method of Studying Aggresion
4.2 The Process of Frustration
4.3 Motivation of the Experimenter

CHAPTER V AGGRESSION AND CAPITALISM

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSIONS

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