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Defining aggression
aggression is the delivery of an aversive
stimulus from one person
to another, with intent to harm and with
an expectation of causing such harm,
when the other person is
motivated to escape or avoid the
stimulus
- Geen (2001), pg 3

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the other person is motivated to

escape
The victim should be motivated to avoid such
treatment
Rare situations where a person may not try to escape
or avoid being attacked
E.g. to atone for guilt

Baron and Richardson, 1994 cited in Geen, 2001

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