Aggressive behaviour: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	aggression • aggressiveness

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Konrad Lorenz

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist

Albert Bandura

Albert Bandura

Canadian-born American psychologist

Alfred Adler.

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychiatrist