A man in Culpeper County, Virginia used aggression against two police officers outside of a hospital in July. Why did he feel the need to use aggression against the two police officers? At a glance, it appears that he acted out of pure anger. But is that the case? The answer, quite simply, is no. His goal, as in most cases of aggression, was to cause harm to the police officers, but the driving forces behind his actions are not so clear by simply looking at the basic facts in the case.

George W. Gray Jr. was outside of Culpeper Regional Hospital on the night in question. The police officers were called to the scene because they had a report of a man being "loud and disorderly" outside of the entrance. When the police officers arrived and asked him to settle down and attempted to arrest Gray. At that point, Gray

As with every aggressive act, there is a group of input variables that determine why the person acted in such a way. There are two basic types of determinants; personal and situational. Gray had a history of mental problems, according to his attorney. This, along with his alcoholic nature, entered into play and help to describe why Gray acted the way he did. His mental state gave him a false sense of negative arousal. This translated into Gray feeling that he was being unfairly treated and drove him to act the way he did. His view of the situation was skewed by the alcohol and possibly by his mental frame of mind so much that he felt the negative emotion of the situation. It is human nature to fight back when challenged. Gray felt this and decided that he did not want to go down without a fight.

There are two obvious ways to attract and retain mates. The first is the example of treating the one you wish to be with "like a God." By treating someone better than anyone else, you may attract someone and help form a relationship with the opposite sex, or in Jordan's case, the same sex. Scarola and Jordan should be happy together. Buying gifts for the other person and doing basically whatever they ask of you can impress the other person and attract them to you. It can also have a reverse affect though. Which is where the classic example of "playing hard to get" comes in. If one individual knows another may be attracted to them, they may wish to act as if they do not like them. This may cause the person to long for the other person even more and cause their attraction to increase. By acting as if you do not wish to be with that person you will help to attract them even more to you. There is a very fine line between what is right to do and what is wrong. If you act one way and the mate doesn't want you too, you may be screwed. So good luck! Both of them are ways to attract and retain mates but are completely opposite actions.

Social psychologists have agreed that behavior is goal driven. Every action has a driving force behind it. Without a goal, there would be no reason for any type of behavior. Five basic goals that psychologists have found are to form social ties, to attract and retain mates, to understand self and others, to defend ourselves, and to gain and maintain social status. These goals can be achieved in many different ways.

Forming social ties is a way of gaining acceptance in the world. Without acceptance, there are no friends. And without friends, the world is a pretty lonely place. One way to attempt to form social ties is to conform to society. By conforming to what society deems "cool," one is able to fit in with many individuals and become part of a group. A good example of this is Charlie in our class. Another way to form social ties is to do the exact opposite. By resisting conformity one can attemp

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