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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
( . In R. Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook
series: Psychology. DEF publishers.
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 ( . In R.
Biswas-Diener & E. Diener (Eds), Noba textbook series: Psychology. DEF publishers.
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
( [Video]. YouTube.
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) ( ,
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) ( and Everywhere
Psychology (2012) ( ,
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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