Biological aggression mechanisms are presided over by cognitive and social influences

Evidence

In evaluating the role played by biological factors in aggression, it is important to distinguish between the proximate hormonal and neuronal regulators of aggressive behavior and the cognitive and social influences that preside over these biological mechanisms. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 159

In evaluating the role played by biological factors in aggression, it is important to distinguish between the proximate hormonal and neuronal regulators of aggressive behavior and the cognitive and social influences that preside over these biological mechanisms. The difference between biological and sociostructural levels of control is strikingly illustrated in studies of primate aggression in social contexts that add ecological validity to the research. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 159

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the framing distinction between proximate biological regulators and presiding social/cognitive control that organizes the chapter’s argument.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 159
• XREF: connects to: Resilience forms a subject between biology and social context — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 3798