Question

Describe a behavior that may elicit an aggressive, rather than a helping, response. Discuss whether you think the likelihood of an aggressive response would differ when many versus few people were present. Compare this pattern of aggressive responses to helping responses.

Answer 1

Answer:

One of the social behaviors that undoubtedly provokes an aggressive response is the moment in which someone is attacked in order to steal their belongings violently.

Explanation:

One of the social behaviors that undoubtedly provokes an aggressive response is the moment in which someone is attacked in order to steal his belongings violently. once the aggressor tries to escape, the victim tries to recover his belongings through a counter-attack on the aggressor in a public space where more citizens pass through the place and notice the situation. In this case, aggressive behavior is generally triggered by the general community that congregates immediately in order to attack the thief, with the purpose of recovering the victim's belongings and wait for the relevant authority to arrive.

In this case, the survival instinct is the one that prevails, so instinctively the members of the community act aggressively as a sign of cooperation with the victim by putting themselves in their shoes and developing a sense of survival and protection. The helping response could be also present, however, it would be awaken in some individuals in case of extreme violence and attacks against the aggressor that could result really harmful for his integrity. However, in this specific case, it would be common that the aggressive response prevails.