Explanations Flashcards
What are the 2 explanations of institutional aggression?
The importation model
The deprivation model
What are the 2 social psychological explanations of aggression?
Social learning theory
Deindividuation
What are the 4 neural explanations of aggression? (2 brain region and 2 neurotransmitters)
Amygdala
Prefrontal cortex
Serotonin
Dopamine
What are the 2 hormonal explanations of aggression?
Testosterone
Cortisol
What are the 2 genetic explanations of aggression? (The people they research)
Twins
Adoptees
What are the 2/3 evolutionary explanations of aggression?
Infidelity
Jealousy
(Cuckoldry)
What are the 2 evolutionary explanations of group display in humans?
Xenophobia
The power-threat hypothesis
What are the 2 factors influencing attitudes to food an eating behaviour?
The developmental approach (the role of learning on food preference)
Mood
What are the 2 factors involved with successful dieting and the 2 factors involved with failure of dieting?
Success- social support & life milestones
Failure- (restraint theory) and the boundary model
What are the 4 neural mechanisms involved in eating behaviour? (2 brain region and 2 hormones)
The lateral hypothalamus (LH)
The ventro-medial hypothalamus (VMH)
Leptin
Ghrelin
What are the 3 evolutionary explanations of food preference?
Preference for sweet foods
Preference or salty foods
Avoidance of bitter foods
What is the evolutionary explanation of obesity?
The thrifty gene hypothesis
What are the 3 neural explanations of obesity? (1 brain region, 1 neurotransmitter, 1 hormone)
Ventro-medial hypothamalus
Leptin
Dopamine
What are the 2 psychological explanations of obesity?
Behaviourist
Psychodynamic (only used if asked for more than 1)
What are the 2 theories for the formation of romantic relationships?
The matching hypothesis
The reward/need satisfaction model
What are the 2 theories for the maintenance of romantic relationships?
Equity theory
The investment model
What are the 2 theories for the breakdown of romantic relationships?
Rollie and Ducks model of relationship breakdown
Equity theory
The relationship between sexual selection and human reproductive behaviour? (2 sexual selection and 2 differences in reproductive behaviour)
Males selection -youth/ physical attractiveness
Females selection -ability to provide resources/ambition
Diff 1 -casual sex?
Diff 2 -jealousy?
What are the evolutionary explanations of parental investment?
Maternal investment
Paternal investment
What are the 4 influences of childhood on adult relationships?
Bowlby’s internal working model
Attachment theory
Early childhood and peer interactions
Adolescence and peer interactions
What are 3 effects of collectivist/individualistic cultures that have an effect on romantic relationships?
1-influences over voluntary and involuntary relationships
2-culture affects attitudes to love
3-cultural affects attitudes to divorce
