3 - Aggression

Question 1

Name 3 biological explanations of aggression include at least 1 feature/example of each explanations

Answer 1

Neural -
Limbic system (amygdala, hippocampus, PFC, serotonin)

Hormonal -
Testosterone, cortisol

Genetic -
MAOA-L gene

Question 2

Name 2 features of the ethological approach

Answer 2

Fixed action patterns
Innate releasing mechanisms

Question 3

Name 2 features of evolutionary explanations of human aggression

Answer 3

survival and reproductive success
sexual jealousy - mate retention strategies:
direct guarding
negative inducements (threats)

Question 4

Name 3 social explanations of human aggression, include at least 2 features of each explanation

Answer 4

Frustration aggression - goal prevention; psychodynamic theory of aggression as a physiological drive needing cathartic release; displacement; proximity

Social Learning Theory -
role model, imitation, identification, vicarious reinforcement, mediational processes, self efficacy

Deindividuation - loss of personal identity; anonymity; assume group identity; lowering of private / public self-awareness; lowered inhibition;

Question 5

Name 2 explanations of Institutional aggression in the context of prisons.

Answer 5

dispositional/importation model situational/deprivation model

Question 6

Name 3 explanations of media influences on aggression

Answer 6

desensitization
disinhibition
cognitive priming