This essay shall explore how "a number of important biological, learning, emotional and environmental factors combine in various ways to produce aggression in various situations." (Bernstein et al., 2003). Aggression is commonly defined as physical or verbal behaviour intended to physically or psychologically hurt someone. Psychologists through the ages have been baffled by the various factors which contribute to aggression. Psychologists such as Sigmund Freud believed that aggression is a natural impulse that every human being …showed first 75 words of 1232 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1232 total…factors can combine to produce aggression. This assignment has explored how "a number of important biological, learning, emotional and environmental factors combine in various ways to produce aggression in various situations." (Bernstein et al., 2003). References: Bernstein , D. A., Clarke-Stewart, A., Edward, J. R., Srull, T.K. & Wickens, C. D. (2001), Psychology, Boston: Houghtan Mifflin. Santorck, J. W., (2003), Psychology, 7th ed., Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill. Weiten, W. (2001), psychology: Themes and variations, 5th ed., Stamford, CT: Wadsworth.