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Unit 9 – Social Psychology
Topic 9.6
How did Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory alter our understanding of aggression?
He suggested that aggression is an instinctive drive related to Thanatos - the death instinct.
He argued that aggression is purely a reaction to external threats.
He theorized that aggression was entirely learned from observation in society.
He proposed it arises only due to childhood trauma.
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