This is a stick figure animation of aggression theory that cites Dollard and colleagues’ (1939) paper ‘Frustration and aggression’ and Green (2001) ‘Human aggression’.

Videos like this demonstrate complex behaviour in a simplified way. This is ideal for teaching new students and for introducing social theory to clients and public audiences.

Sociologists would explain aggression differently to this psychological theory. We focus on socio-cultural context, social learning, social norms, regulation by social institutions, and so on.

Edit: see below for two more recent examples. The first is a discussion on the sociology of gendered violence. The second is an overview of deviance theories.

Credits

Video; The Frustration-Aggression Theory by Adena Rottenstein, Alexis Strouse, University of Michigan, of the Psychology of Disability Organisation.