3 - Aggression Flashcards

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

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

Hormonal -
Testosterone, cortisol

Genetic -
MAOA-L gene

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Name 2 features of the ethological approach

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Fixed action patterns
Innate releasing mechanisms

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Name 2 features of evolutionary explanations of human aggression

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

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

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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;

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

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dispositional/importation model situational/deprivation model

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Name 3 explanations of media influences on aggression

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desensitization
disinhibition
cognitive priming

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