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The relationship between Anger and Aggression.

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The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
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The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 5, 2011 at 12:41 pm (This post was last modified: February 5, 2011 at 12:41 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
How do you think anger and aggression differ, how are they similar, and what is the general relationship between them?

Furthermore, do you think anger can cause aggression, or do you think aggression can cause anger? Or both? Or neither?

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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 5, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Anger is the emotion and aggression is the manifestation of that emotion.
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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm
What about when anger is kept inside boiling? Is that not anger then? Is that intense resentment or something, and it only becomes anger when it is let out?
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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 5, 2011 at 3:36 pm (This post was last modified: February 5, 2011 at 3:47 pm by OnlyNatural.)
(February 5, 2011 at 2:42 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: What about when anger is kept inside boiling? Is that not anger then? Is that intense resentment or something, and it only becomes anger when it is let out?

It's think it's still anger, but like any emotion, anger can have different 'flavors' (resentment, like you said, and also moral outrage, humiliated fury, bitterness, scorn/contempt), depending on the eliciting factors and the situation.

And then there's the anger that, when kept inside, gets turned around on the self in the form of self-hatred and self-destructiveness, versus other-directed aggressiveness.

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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 6, 2011 at 9:45 am
Corporations can behave aggressively. A corporation cannot be angry.
"If an injury must be done to a man, it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared" - Niccolo Macchiavelli
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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 6, 2011 at 8:23 pm
(February 6, 2011 at 9:45 am)Ubermensch Wrote: Corporations can behave aggressively. A corporation cannot be angry.


Good point. I think that's using a broader and more accurate meaning of aggression.IE Behaviour which ignores,dismisses or trivialises the feelings and rights of others. This definition looks at 'the what' rather than 'the why'
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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 7, 2011 at 2:06 am
Well the why is simple, because one for whatever reason, considers the feelings and rights of others to be unimportant, or less important than the perceived material gain.
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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 7, 2011 at 3:21 am
(February 7, 2011 at 2:06 am)Ubermensch Wrote: Well the why is simple, because one for whatever reason, considers the feelings and rights of others to be unimportant, or less important than the perceived material gain.

Just material gain? I'm not sure it's that simple.

EG One upsmanship is essentially aggressive yet does not necessarily entail a material gain. Behaviour which falls under the broad heading of 'passive aggression' is not usually about material gain.

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RE: The relationship between Anger and Aggression.
February 7, 2011 at 10:54 am
I fear that I may be more passive-aggressive than I am aware.... :S
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