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Flashcards by Becca Westwell, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Becca Westwell
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| Question | Answer |
| Biological Explanations of Aggression | Hormones Chromosomal abnormality Brain damage/disease |
| Aggressive hormone | Testosterone |
| Abnormality in chromosomes | XYY |
| Damaged parts of the brain responsible for high levels of aggression | Limbic system Pre-frontal cortex |
| The limbic system | The part of the brain that causes aggressive behaviour. |
| Testosterone | The male hormone thought to cause aggressive behavior. |
| XYY | An arrangement of chromosomes that causes aggressive behavior. |
| The pre-frontal cortex | The part of the brain associated with instincts such as aggression. |
| Biological ways of reducing aggression | Drugs Psycho-surgery |
| Psycho-surgery | Either removes or destroys parts of the brain not functioning properly. |
| Drug used to treat ADHD | Ritalin |
| Thanatos | An unconscious drive which causes us to self-destruct. |
| Ego-defence Mechanisms | Displacement Sublimation |
| Displacement | Aggressive towards others. |
| Sublimation | Channeling aggression into safe activities. |
| Frustration-Aggression Explanation | A trigger is needed to cause frustration leading to aggressive behavior. |
| A study to support the frustration-aggression hypothesis | Barker (1941) Kept children waiting to play with toys. Being frustrated does lead to aggression. |
| Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: brain damage/disease | Raine et al (1997) 41 murderers given PET scans When pre-frontal cortex is not working normally, it can lead to people committing violent crimes. |
| Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: hormones | Young et al (1959) Injected pregnant monkeys with testosterone. Testosterone does seem to play a vital part in aggressive behavior. |
| What did Megargee and Mendelsohn study? | The link between aggression and personality type. |
| Catharsis | Watching aggressive behavior in order to reduce aggressive instincts. |
| Two ways of dealing with our aggressive instincts. | Ego defence mechanisms such as displacement and sublimation. Catharsis |
| Social Learning Theory | Observation Role Models Imitation Vicarious Reinforcement Monitoring |
| A study to show aggression can be learned. | Bandura et al (1963) 'Bobo' doll method. Children will copy how they see others behave. |
| Social Learning Theory ways of reducing aggression. | Observe more non-aggressive role models. See a role model being punished for aggressive behavior. Get people to think differently about how to behave. |
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