Aggression general

Question 1

Neural Mechanisms and Hormones

Answer 1

V – ssri’s have an impact on aggression – Berman et al (2009 X TAF
V – research support for testosterone – Mehta and Josephs (2006) - X Carre and Mehta said this is only when cortisol is low
X – correlation – cause and effect

Question 2

Genetics - MAOA

Answer 2

V – research support – brunner
X – Contradictory research, Mertins et al (2011)
X – Vassos et al (2014)

Question 3

Ethological

Answer 3

V – argues behaviour is hereditary – brunner
X – cultural differences Nesbitt et al (1996)
X – contradictory evidence for ritualistic aggression – Goodall (2010)
X – Lorenz didn’t look at humans or primates, just studied animals and generalised

Question 4

Evolutionary Approach

Answer 4

V – research support for mate retention strategies – Shackelford (2005) –
V – can explain gender differences – Campbell (1999)
V – real world application to bullying, Rigby (2010)

Question 5

Frustration aggression

Answer 5

V – research support – Green (1968)
X – Contradictory of frustration aggression – Bushman (2002)
V – real world application – some states allow you to carry a gun openly – many argue this can act as a cue for aggression

Question 6

SLT

Answer 6

V - Poulin and Boivin (2000) – X however, cause and effect is unclear
- V – real world application – encouraging kids to be friends with those that arent aggressive
V – Research support – Gee and Leith –
V – real world application – effect of tv characters, they can act as SLT role models – so just remove these tv characters

Question 7

Deindividuation

Answer 7

X – contradictory evidence – Gurgen (1986)
V – supporitve evidence – SPE, Muller (1986)
V - Douglas and McGarty (2007)
V – real world application – understanding why people are aggressive on XBOX live

Question 8

INsitutional aggression

Answer 8

V - Support for importation model-Camp and Gaes (2005)
V – support for situational model – Cunningham (2010) X – interactionist approach – deprivation doesn’t necessarily lead to violence but when combined with dispoisitional factors causes aggression

Question 9

Media influences

Answer 9

V – support for desensitisation - Krahé et al (2011) –
X – alternative, psychodynamic approach – media represses inner aggression and acts as carthasis
V- support for dishibition – Berkowitz and Alioto