Aggression
Some scholars believe that behaviors like aggression may be partially learned by watching and imitating people's behavior, while other researchers have concluded that the media may have some small effects on aggression. There is also research questioning this view. For instance, a long-term outcome study of youth found no long-term relationship between playing violent video games and youth violence or bullying. One study suggested there is a smaller effect of violent video games on aggression than has been found with television violence on aggression. This effect is positively associated with type of game violence and negatively associated to time spent playing the games. The author concluded that insufficient evidence exists to link video game violence with aggression. However, another study suggested links to aggressive behavior.
Dog aggression
Behavior Adjustment Training (BAT) is a newly publicized treatment option that uses functional analysis and systematic desensitization. With BAT, the dog's original function of increasing (or decreasing) distance is used as a reinforcement for alternate behavior (head turns, ground sniffing, body turns, etc.). This is done by creating set-up situations in which the dog is able to offer alternate behavior, and allowing/encouraging the dog to walk away. With repetition, the dog learns to turn her head, sniff the ground, etc. as a way to increase distance without aggression, and gradually becomes comfortable with the former trigger.