Agression

Question 1

What is proactive aggression

Answer 1

Cold blooded planned method of getting what you want

Question 2

What is reactive aggression

Answer 2

Hot blooded
It’s angry and impulsive, and accompanied by physiological arousal
Psychologists are most interested in this type of aggression

Question 3

Describe the Limbic system as a neural explanation for aggression

Answer 3

Papez was the first researcher who linked the lambic system to emotional behaviours
The lambic system includes; cingulate gurus, septal area, hypothalamus, fornix, amygdala, parts of hippocampus and thalamus

Most important part of lambic system is amygdala this plays a key role in how humans & animals assess and respond to threats and challenges

Gossip et al used the ultimatum game
Proposer offers to split money with the responder
If money is split as proposed if responder accepts if responder rejects, both receive nothing
fMRI highlights different areas
This provides evidence for an association between reactive aggression and amygdala activity