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In short, aggressive behavior can be seen as the result of socio-cultural forces; as norms become perceived by the developing child, their own interaction with the world around them will necessarily become typified by these perceived norms (Bond 2004). Thus, if aggression is a cultural norm -- or if an individual is exposed to violence in manners which lead them to perceive it as such -- it will likely produce violent behavior (Bond 2004). This is in some agreement with the cognitive approach to the problem, but the socio-cultural argument demands that aggressive behavior be dealt with on a cultural level if it is to be effectively diminished (and one could well argue that a culture that promotes aggressive behavior could not seriously attempt to eradicate it at the same time).
Neither perspective is, of course, incorrect, but at the same time both are incomplete. There are many other mechanisms at work in the emergence, perpetuation, and progression of...
A full consideration of the problem requires that it be dealt with from all possible angles, and those explored herein barely begin to scratch the surface of the available information, yet alone the vast amount of information yet to be discovered. Human behavior is never simple, and aggression is no less complex than any other behavior.
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Anderson, C. & Huesmann, R. (2003). "Human aggression: A social-cognitive view." The sage handbook of social psychology, Hogg, M. & Cooper, J., eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage publishing.
Bond, M. (2004). "Culture and Aggression -- From Context to Coercion." Personality and social psychology review 8(1), pp. 62-78.
Dakota. (2009). "The cognitive perspective." Accessed 23 January 2010. http://dakota.fmpdata.net/PsychAI/PrintFiles/Cognitive.pdf
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