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Aggression

For Aggression we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Developmental Psychology, Mental Health and Political.



Aggression (Developmental Psychology)

Forceful, attacking behavior, either constructively self-assertive and self-protective or destructively hostile to others or to oneself.


Aggression (Mental Health)

Forceful physical, verbal, or symbolic action. May be appropriate and self- protective, including healthy self-assertiveness, or inappropriate as in hostile or destructive behavior. May also be directed toward the environment, toward another person or personality, or toward the self, as in depression.


Aggression (Political)

Applied to belligerent actions by one state against another; as in Iraq committed an act of aggression when it invaded Kuwait in 1990.




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