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7 Deadliest Weapons in History

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

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existential crisis conflict resolution avoidance-avoidance conflict ambivalence approach-approach conflict approach-avoidance conflict cognitive dissonance redirection displacement activity defense mechanism drug use human sexual activity motivation collective behavior perception human intelligence memory humor personality aggressive behaviour

Key People

Ludwig Gumplowicz

Austrian scholar

Karl Mannheim

German sociologist