Passage #3

Source: Human Social Behavior by: Robert A. Baronand Robert M. Liebert (persons quoted are L. Berkowitz and R.G. Geen)
Page 342, line 11.

"If the audience regards the depicted aggression as being unwarranted or morally wrong, inhibition will be aroused. Such restraints against hostility can weaken the intensity of the aggressive actions shown by the audience members, or may even cause them to avoid displaying any overt hostility at all.

The ennead box it fits into: "Mid-Affective"

Affective Cognitive Sensorimotor
Spiritual Self I am glad that we are all unique individuals. If this were not true, people would be too predictable and life would be boring. I don't always want to be guessing what another person is thinking, because you never really know. We are all unique individuals. No two of us are exactly alike. Only you know what you are thinking and sometimes you may not even be aware of what you are actually thinking. Everyone behaves differently under similar conditions.
Reflective Self I personally feel that lot of our aggressive actions result from a lot of factors combined. I don't think any one factor can promote aggressive behavior in everyone. I think this is something that depends on the individual himself and his/her disposition and nature. This guy is saying something that I believe is true, but from what I hear it may not apply to everyone.
Automatic Self I am confused and want to find out whether what this guy is saying is right or not. I hate it when two things contradict each other. I want to know what is true and false and right and wrong. I think to say that viewing unwarranted or morally wrong aggression will not result in hostile behavior on the part of the observer is not always true. However I feel it is true for me. That's not what I have been told about observing aggressive models. However, I do believe he is correct.

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