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Most Everyone Would Agree That Reducing Human Aggression Is a Worthwhile

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Most everyone would agree that reducing human aggression is a worthwhile goal-one that may be crucial to our survival as a species. Among several possible methods of achieving this goal are punishment of aggressive behavior, rewarding nonaggressive behavior, punishment of aggressive models, and building empathy toward others. Choose two of these methods and discuss their relative merits and limitations. Support your answer with relevant research.


Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A stimulus that was neutral but, after being paired with an unconditioned stimulus, begins to provoke a conditioned response.

Temporal Contiguity

The occurrence of two events close together in time, which can lead to an association between them in learning.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any learning needed.

Conditioned Response

A learned reaction or behavior to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with a significant stimulus.

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