is aggression an innate drive or learned behavior?

Answer 1

I think some people have natural aggressive tendencies that are made more obvious by their environment, childhood, relationships with other people, and difficult experiences. Two different people can be born with similar aggressive personalities, but one becomes more aggressive due to the environment they were raised in.

Answer 2

Aggression is both innate and learned. It is a basic drive in the "flight or fight" response that we all have. In addition, we can also plan aggressive behavior and have an aggressive personality. I think these would be choices of ways to respond to a situation. In the modern world, many of the situations that caused the "flight or fight" response do not exist. Most of us rarely face life and death situations in real life any more, and I know there are exceptions. Yet our bodies make the same response. To make more intelligent choices rather than reflex actions we need to intercede in this response with our powers of thinking. Even here we can choose to "go for the jugular" rather than choosing "win-win" positions that require negotiation.

Answer 3

Not very specific but humans deal with everything they encounter including specific thoughts, feelings, or instincts in one of two ways; if it feels good to them, they will repeat it and it becomes a habit. If it does not feel good to them they will choose one that is different, often opposite and make IT a habit. The onlu other and very rare possibility, maybe near impossible, it to realize how mind works and laugh.

Answer 4

I think unless you have an illness which would cause aggresive behaviour and some do, it is a learned response , due to a lot of environmental factors, thankfully, learned behaviour can be unlearned.

Answer 5

learned behavior of course