Aggression- Hormonal

Question 0

What does the endocrine system do

Answer 0

Produces several hundred hormones that interact with each other and the nervous system it regulate many different behaviours

Question 1

What is the job of a hormone

Answer 1

To regulate and control bodily functions

Question 2

Which hormone is involved with agg

Answer 2

Testosterone

Question 3

Why does castration reduce agg

Answer 3

Removing testes removes main source of testosterone

Question 4

Who are the researchers into hormonal agg

Answer 4

Archer
Edwards
Van Goozen

Question 5

What did Archer do

Answer 5

Meta analysis
5 studies
Low positive correlation between testosterone and agg

Question 6

What did Edwards do

Answer 6

Injected neonate rats with testosterone
Injected again when adults
Made them act like males when they were injected again as adults
The rats only injected as adults didn’t act like that
Suggesting early exposure to testosterone is important

Question 7

What did Van Goozen do

Answer 7

35 female to males and 15 male to females
F to M given androgen and M to F given anti androgen over 3 months
Given questionnaire to assess proneness to agg- before and after treatment
F to M reported an increase in agg proneness and M to F reported decrease
Suggesting levels of testosterone determines likelyhood if displaying agg behaviour

Question 8

What is cortisol

Answer 8

Hormone released from adrenal medulla in response to stress
Relationship: lower levels of cortisol, higher level of agg
Supported by research on agg school children and violent offenders
Interacts with testosterone
High testosterone and low cortisol more likely to be agg

Question 9

What are the eval points for hormonal explanation

Answer 9

Supporting research 
Correlational
Methodological problems 
Too simplistic
Research based on animals