The view that aggression is the result of the displacement of the accumulated energy from the death instinct outward onto others is known as:
a. the sociopathic hypothesis
b. the psychoanalytic approach to aggression
c. the ethological approach to aggression
d. the modelling hypothesis
e. the frustration-aggression theory
Ans: b
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fill in the blank with correct word
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