will be attributable to a single gene, or even a descript combination of genes as the phenomenon of human aggressiveness is far too complex to be reduced in such a way. It is not uncommon for the everyday “wimp”, with no prior record of aggressive tendencies and no criminal record, to have an off day and all of a sudden butcher fifty innocent people. Accordingly, it is not uncommon for a hardened, aggressive individual to have his off day and decide to react more diplomatically to a situation in which he would have formerly used aggression as his way out. The trends of aggression are hardly consistent among even these two extremes of individuals. We thus find an explanation for at least some, if not all, aggressive episodes and epiphenomenona through the application of Jungian and Freudian constructs.SummaryThe above dissection of the anatomy of human aggression serves to elucidate the fact that Freudian and Jungian theories, though very similar in their respective ideologies, are two entirely different, yet complimentary constructs which provide some very resonant answers to the questions of the seeming excessiveness of human aggression....
