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Aggression Flashcards

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Neural explanation

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brain structures and neurotransmitter levels. Limbic system controls emotional response
Hypothalamus - controls ANS (if damaged…)
Amygdala - controls emotional response (damage can lead to overreaction)
Serotonin - higher aggression (no inhibition)

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Neural - evaluation

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ultimatum/Fmri
PA – benzodiazepines
Correlational research = inconclusive.
Scientific methods

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Hormonal explanation

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high testosterone associated with high aggression.
T acts with receptors in brain
Affects neural transmission and amount of neurotransmitters at serotonergic synapse. Low S = higher aggression

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Hormonal - evaluation

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Dolan found correlation

biological determinism

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MAOA gene

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gene controls enzyme low of this to (warrior gene)
Only men – on X (cancelled out in women)
Mop up excess neurotransmitters (abnormal leads to aggression)

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Genetic - evaluation

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Brunner Dutch family (but another explanation – SLT)
Legal system – free will and determinism
Objective method
Socially sensitive – blame family.

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Evolutionary explanation

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Adaptive
Status, territory, mates, resources and dominance
Strong jawline and forehead - attractive
Men fight for risk of cuckolding

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Mate retention strategies

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Direct guarding – give me your phone

Negative Inducement – insulting or threatening

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Evolutionary - evaluation

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domestic abuse risk.
Correlation between suspicion of cheating and spousal violence
Can explain gender difference – Campbell but soldiers. Kung san tribe shows it isn’t inevitable

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Ethological

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Animals aggressive because it is adaptive and is for survival. Fight for territory, status, dominance mates, resource

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Ritualism

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Fighting in pack – not real, just for practice

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Innate releasing mechanism

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Cue to be aggressive

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Fixed action pattern

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Automatic reaction

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Ethological - evaluation

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Stickleback Red fish
Haka and Eskimos support the fake fighting
PA – zookeepers
Extrapolation. Humans have different reasons

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Deindividuation

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Feel less responsibility

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How do we feel anonymous?

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Uniform, mask, group, identity, dark or online. Makes us feel anonymous.

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Public and private self - awareness

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Public (less about what others think) and private (don’t judge yourself) self – awareness reduced

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Deindividuation - evaluation

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Zimbardo
hoodies vs. names and shocks.
Doesn’t always lead to aggression – prosocial e.g. sexy times.
Help with internet trolling.

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Frustration - aggression

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Psychodynamic
Blocked goal
F always leads to aggression. Becomes cathartic.

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Displacement

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Abstract, unavailable or power

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Frustration - aggression evaluation

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open carry laws (acts as a cue)
Origami activity – very quick (date or boss). Aggression through reviews
Bushman’s boxing – not cathartic. Makes you more aggressive.

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SLT - mediational processes

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Mediational processes - ARMM

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Role model

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Role model – we observe
Imitate behaviour
Vicarious reinforcement
Sex, status, attractiveness and age

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SLT - evaluation

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Bandura’s Bobo doll (but boys)
Can explain cultural differences - !Kung San Tribe (lack of aggressive role models).
PA – helps in understanding of the importance of good role models.

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Situational

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deprivation mode of freedom, relationships, independence, safety and material resources. Made worse by overcrowding

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Situational - evaluation

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tweaks made (music, AC) led to decreased aggression. 
But found that dispositional factors are more important
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Dispositional

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importation (characteristics into prison)

Low self -control, Impulsivity, Antisocial Race Sex.

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Dispositional - evaluation

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No PA

hard to control these experiments

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Effects of media

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Computer games – disinhibition (becomes the norm), cognitive priming (acts as a cue to aggressive behaviour. Schema created) and desensitisation (lower physical arousal).

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SLT - media

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Normal info

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Media - evaluation

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computer study – emotional areas switched off when playing game
PA – use it to help.
Nature/nurture.
Krahe – showed opposite films when testing physiological arousal (less if watching violent)
Bandura.

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