Emotional Aggression Theory of Aggression
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the child’s attitude and behavior. Authoritarian discipline makes the child tense, nervous, resentful, and antagonistic; democratic discipline gives the child a
feeling of self-worth and encourages him to be happy, relaxed, cooperative, trustworthy, and fair; permissive discipline leads to lack of responsibility, lack of
respect for authority, and egocentrism. Fourth, the school is more important than the home. School is a transmitter cultural value, and the child accepts the cultural
values from it as a price for social acceptance. Fifth, the teacher’s favorite becomes conceited, arrogant, and self-centered. Non favorites become resentful,
antagonistic, troublesome, hypercritical of school, and plagued by feelings of martyrdom. Sixth, grade placement is important whether in a slow or fast section-
promotion are the criteria by which the child assesses his academic achievement. Success is ego-bolstering; failure is ego-deflating. Seventh, the child measures his
social achievement in terms of social acceptance and the holding of leadership roles. The more value the school places on extracurricular achievements, the more
influence these criteria of achievement have on the child’s self-concept.