NCJ Number
40734
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
FILM EXPLORES THE EXTENT AND DEGREE OF AGGRESSION IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
DOMINANCE AND CHALLENGES TO IT ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED TO FRUSTRATION AND AGGRESSION, ACCORDING TO THE FILM WHICH USES THE EXAMPLE OF A YOUTH GANG TO GET ACROSS ITS MESSAGE. LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE FRUSTRATION IS PORTRAYED, AS IS LABORATORY REPRODUCTION OF AGGRESSION IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THE ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA, PARTICULARLY TELEVISION, IS EXAMINED IN RELATION TO AGGRESSION. BEFORE REACHING ADOLESCENCE, CHILDREN ARE EXPOSED TO 10,000 ACTS OF VIOLENCE ON TV. GROUP PRESSURE ALSO INDUCES AGGRESSIVE ACTS....BS