6 Minute English - Is aggression useful












I want to know what sort of things make you feel angry?

Many things make me feel angry, Neil. But one thing makes me regularly angry is when people put the wrong rubbish in the wrong bins.

Yes, that makes me angry too. Not very thoughtful.

So you may feel angry about people put in rubbish in the wrong bin but do you get aggressive?  That behaving in the angry way. Looking like you want to argue, or even fight with someone.

No, I don't really get aggressive about really bin to be honest.

Well, I tend to control my anger too and keep calm. But I have been known to react especially if someone is damaging some of my property.

Well, really.

Yes, can't standing. Comes up with blue. It's completely unexpected. But I'm glad to say I feel quite calm today.

I'm glad to hear that Neil. But today we're talking about the aggression and will look what we can learn about human aggression by example from the animal kingdom.

That is right. Now, are you ready to answer today's quiz question?

In a very calm and not aggressive way. I would like to give me a question.

When attacked, what does a baboon typically do to show a aggression? Does it
a) beat its chest
b) yarn and show its teeth
c) laugh and rolling on the ground

Well, I love to think of a angry laughing and rolling on the ground. But I'm going to go for b) yarn and show it teeth.

OK, We'll see if you are right or wrong at later on. Now Catherine, how do you usually act when your are angry or upset about something?

I generally let people now how I feel to be honest. I don't go over top of the hate people. But I also I don't sock about things and sock means when you refuse to smile or speak because you want to let people know your upset about somethings.

Now, Yes. Socking is quite childish, isn't it.

Do you sock, Neil?

I don't sock. I don think. But I say I don't often get people angry. That's a very well balance. Grounded first Catherine.

Really, very good. I am , Neil. Anyway well balance means sensible and inner control of your emotion. And grounded means mentally and emotionally stable. Do you know what I'm saying, Neil?

Yes, that's mean. that's mean. Let's listen to professor XXXXXX talking about human behavior. Can you spot phrase mans the upset sign to a idea.

One of the thing human is incredible good doing is being psychologist. With very good reading situation and we find out we are extremely good at picking up signal. What we recommend is trigger the proper response. If  man prefers response,  we may need to be pathetic floppy side we want. But the flip side from a evolution point of view, the reason why is so success we still here, because we can and we need to.

Do you spot the phrase? Flippy side means the opposite side of an idea. And being aggressive is the flippy side of being floppy and sympathetic.

And floppy is an adjective we often use to describe soft animal fur or feathers on young animals or soft toys for children. But here floppy means behavior that soft or un-threatening. So it's the opposite of aggressive.

And if you are empathetic, you are able to share or understand other people's feeling. That sounds like me and excellent empathetic.

And Neil you are absolutely totally full of empathy.

Nice pose.

Thank you.

Now Simenon also talks about humans being good at  reading situations. What does that mean Catherine.

It means understanding what's going on. For example, if a male goreria is screaming and breaking brunches, other Gorgeria will probably see this and show off aggression.

The male Gorgeria screams and breaks brunches signaling to the other Gerogeria that he is angry or upset. Signal here means annoys or movements that gives someone information.

And male Gorgeria signal triggers responses from other grogeria. This means one thing causes another thing to happen.

And when a man suddenly punches another man in the face, what signal do you see that seems.

Well, that seems for me that will be a signal to leave.

Yes, quickly.

On humans usually give signal just like the gorgeria do before they start the fight. So people might shout or jester with their own. And jester is a movement made you arm ahead to give someone else information. No that Neil, let have our quiz question answer please.



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