Rage (emotion)

Rage, in psychiatry, is a mental state that is one extreme of the intensity spectrum of anger. The other end of the spectrum is annoyance.^[1]

To psychologists, rage is often used to denote hostile/affective/reactive aggression (as distinct from predatory/instrumental/proactive aggression). It denotes aggression where there is anger present, that is motivated by causing harm to others, and that is characterized by a lack of planning and impulsive thinking. Some psychologists, such as Bushman and Anderson, argue that the hostile/predatory dichotomy that is commonly employed in psychology fails to define rage fully, since it is possible for anger to motivate aggression, provoking vengeful behavior, without incorporating the impulsive thinking that is characteristic of rage. They point to people such as the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre, and suicide bombers, all of whom clearly experienced intense anger and hate, but whose planning (sometimes over periods of years), forethought, and lack of impulsive behavior is readily observable.^[1]^[2]

Rage involved in Computer Games

Rage is also potrayed in video games,for example,Scarface:The World Is Yours when Tony Montana engages in 'Blind Rage' mode and the screen turns red, the vision starts to shake and he starts to swear in an angry manner. Most of these features,somewhat,happen when someone in real life is in a rage. Another game that shows rage is Def Jam:Fight For NY when a character is in 'Blazin' and screams in anger and this also shows that the player is in a rage and that the characters attack their opposition in a vicious that,in real life, would probably kill or seriously injure a human being.

References

^ ^a ^b Raymond DiGiuseppe and Raymond Chip Tafrate (2006). Understanding Anger Disorders. Oxford University Press. pp. 54, 72. ISBN 0195170792.
^ B.J. Bushman and C.A. Anderson (2001). "Is it time to pull the plug on hostile versus instrumental aggression dichotomy?". Psychological Review. 108 (1): 273–279.

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Rage (emotion)

Rage involved in Computer Games

References

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