When these properties are present, a single incident can mar the quality of life in communities. Bandura explained that historically there have been three explanations for aggression. There is no evidence of this, according to Bandura. This theory, however, has popular appeal, because it removes the onus of responsibility from people for their inhumanities to each other. This theory is widely accepted even though research findings dispute it, says Bandura.
Frustration produces all kinds of reactions.
Bandura notes, however, that people don t have to be distressed to aggress. Much human aggression is prompted by the material and social benefits anticipated for that type of behavior. Distress actually prompts all kinds of behavior, depending on how a person has learned to deal with stress, and most people marshall their resources to overcome the source of distress. The fact is that there is no single cause of aggression. Violent acts are a product of a constellation of factors, such that a change in any one factor can result in the event not occurring.