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Some consequences of aggressive behavior: A selective review of the literature on other animals
Author(s) -
Baenninger Ronald
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1974)1:1<17::aid-ab2480010104>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - aggression , disinhibition , reinforcement , psychology , arousal , poison control , punishment (psychology) , stimulus control , stimulus (psychology) , injury prevention , noxious stimulus , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , developmental psychology , animal behavior , social psychology , medical emergency , medicine , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , biology , zoology , receptor , nicotine , nociception
Animal experiments in which the opportunity to aggress was positively reinforcing are surveyed, with attention paid to field and laboratory reports on play and play fighting. A distinction is drawn between ways in which aggressive behavior may be elicited and factors which increase or decrease the probability that aggression will be emitted. Since aggression may be emitted and may also be reinforcing, the possibility that aggressive behavior may be self‐reinforcing is mentioned. In addition to positive reinforcement, consequences of aggressive behavior are presented. These include punishment, removal of a noxious stimulus, feeding, arousal, and disinhibition.