Thomas O'Brien

Thomas C. O'Brien is a psychology student in Saint Louis. He is interested in political psychology and conflict resolution, especially in the context of Africa and the Middle East.

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Thursday, July 5th, 2007

What Psychology Can Explain the Darfur Atrocities?

(This entry originally appeared as a comment in the thread “Is Climate Change the Culprit for Darfur?“.)

Social Psychologists have defined aggression as either instrumental or hostile. Instrumental aggression is impersonal and strategic. It’s business. Hostile aggression is hateful. [...]

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