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- Oxford University Press
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- © 1978 Journal of Communication
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- 0021-9916
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- 1460-2466
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- 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1978.tb01621.x
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Abstract
Abstract “The massive threats to human welfare are generally brought about by deliberate acts…, It is the principled resort to aggression that is of greatest social concern but most ignored in psychological theorizing and research.” References 1 Alland , A. Jr. The Human Imperative . New York : Columbia University Press , 1972 . Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC 2 Ax , A. F. The Physiological Differentiation between Fear and Anger in Humans . Psychosomatic Medicine 15 , 1953 , pp. 433 – 442 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat 3 Azrin , N. H. and R. R. Hutchinson. Conditioning of the Aggressive Behavior of Pigeons by a Fixed-interval Schedule of Reinforcement . Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 10 , 1967 , pp. 395 – 402 . Google Scholar Crossref Search ADS PubMed WorldCat 4 Bandura , A. Principles of Behavior Modification . New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston , 1969 . 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Google Scholar Google Preview OpenURL Placeholder Text WorldCat COPAC This content is only available as a PDF. Author notes This article was extracted from a longer paper presented at the Werner-Reimers-Stiftung Conference on Human Ethology: Claims and Limits of a New Discipline, Bad Homburg, West Germany, October 1977. © 1978 Journal of Communication
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Published: Sep 1, 1978