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For this Discussion, you examine why some individuals are aggressive toward others and how social psychologists might explain various types of aggressive behavior. You also describe how aggression can be reduced or prevented.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INSIGHTS ON HUMAN BEHAVIOR

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Post a 150- to 200-word response in which you:

Select one of the following examples of aggression and identify it in the first sentence of your post:

RESOURCES

Resources

Biswas-Diener, R. (2025). An introduction to the science of social psychology (https://noba.to/s64y5c2m) . In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers. https://noba.to/s64y5c2m

Only read from the start of the page through “Social Psychology is a Science”.

Time Estimate: 8 min

Copyright © 2025 by R. R. Biswas-Diener and E. Diener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Bushman, B. J. (2025). Aggression and violence (https://noba.to/63vj7ykn) . In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers. https://noba.to/63vj7ykn

Time Estimate: 21 min

Copyright © 2025 by R. R. Biswas-Diener and E. Diener is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

Everywhere Psychology. (2012, August 28). Bandura’s bobo doll experiment (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmBqwWlJg8U) [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmBqwWlJg8U

Time Estimate: 4 min

BY DAY 3

A high school or college campus shooting An act of domestic violence or child abuse within a family Theft of property from shops or homes after a natural disaster Domestic or global terrorism White collar financial embezzlement

Note: If one of the situations is a sensitive topic for you, select a different topic to post and respond to.

Based on your reading of Biswas-Diener (2025) (https://noba.to/s64y5c2m) , define social psychology in your own words. explain why the example you selected falls under the area of social psychology.

Based on your review of Bushman (2025) (https://noba.to/63vj7ykn) and Everywhere Psychology (2012) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmBqwWlJg8U) ,

describe how one specific internal or external factor explains the aggressor’s behavior in your selected example. suggest at least one strategy to reduce instances of this specific type of aggression. Be specific and provide an example.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work by referring to specific information from the Learning Resources.

Be sure to review the Week 1 Discussion Rubric to understand the specific grading criteria your Instructor will use to evaluate your work.

Respond to at least one of your colleagues’ initial posts, who discussed a different aggressive act than the one you discussed, in the following way:

Describe how an alternative internal or external factor can explain the aggressive behavior or an alternative way to reduce instances of the aggressive behavior.

To demonstrate what you learned this week, be sure to support your work with information from the Learning Resources.

BY DAY 5

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