Safe And Sane With Dr Ola: Talking Fists And The Diamond Bank Example… Part 2

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The caveat is that we should not completely jettison the contribution of human biology to aggression. In looking at this, we need to consider the role of aggression in lower animals. In a previous article “Coping with Spousal Abuse” I mentioned the fact that the role of aggression in lower animals is actually for individual survival and specie preservation. Within the same species, animals will fight for food, territory, mates etc in order to be able to continue to survive. Only the fit survives and most times, the winner takes it all. Among different species, animals fight for food, territory and in response to predatory impulses. In most animals, the male tends to be at the forefront of actualizing these basic needs. The males of most animal species are most likely the ones who will fight over the females and be actively involved in securing their territory. From fish to cat, dogs, rats, lions etc. some have associated this with the so called “Male hormone” factor, testosterone. They have also tried to use this to explain why biologically, men are more prone to being violent and aggressive more than women. It is more acceptable for men to be soldiers than women. Men are the ones more likely to be culturally allowed to flog themselves to determine who gets the bride. It was previously impossible to see women engage in sports like boxing or wrestling because these physical sports were exclusively activities for men. Over the years, we now see women who are now involved in these sports completely negating the concept that aggression and violence and the other acceptable means of presenting such behavior to the general populace is exclusive to men alone. I will conclude this week’s article by saying something about motivation for the persistence of aggressive or violent behavior. The likelihood that an individual will repeat a behavior is highly dependent on the consequences or the outcome of that behavior. If the outcome of engaging in a behavior is pleasant to the individual then there is a high possibility of that person adopting such behavior again and again. The motivation “to do” or “not to do” depends on what we want to see happen or what we want to avoid. Hence, there is a strong possibility of an individual stopping a behavior if there is no motivation for the behavior, or choosing another alternative or more rewarding behavior if there is no motivation for such a behavior. If an individual engages in aggression or violence as a means of communicating with others and is rewarded consistently for his aggressive behavior, he/she will continue to engage in this behavior because of the reward or motivation that is the outcome of the behavior. Any other person who now observes this behavior and sees the reward that comes after can easily begin to engage in such behavior to achieve similar outcomes. Basically, this is what happens in observational learning. We can either learn from our experience or the experience of others. A young child that observes his/her parents physically engaging themselves to drive home their points will find it very easy to engage in brawls anywhere, anytime. Physically assaulting another person to drive home a point is not an instinct, it is learnt from experience. The experience could be our own or that of others. When we have the right motivations (subjectively pleasant) following aggressive or violent behavior, it increases the likelihood of such behavior recurring. When we have information promoting favorable outcomes from violent behaviors, it subconsciously reinforces such behavior among the general populace. That is why we must insist on #DiamondBankMustSayNoToViolence by Diamond Bank removing their promotional cartoon publicizing partner violence! We must all speak with one voice on this!! 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