Hormone explanation of aggression

Question 1

Testosterone
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Answer 1

Males are typically more aggressive due to higher levels of testosterone

Question 2

Cortisol
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Answer 2

cortisol is a stress hormone
Low levels of cortisol leads to higher levels of aggression

Question 3

Testosterone
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Answer 3

testosterone shortens the refractory period , more signals can fire, More signals leads to higher aggression

Question 4

Adrenaline
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Answer 4

adrenaline is responsible for your fighter flight response. More adrenaline leads to higher fight response therefore higher aggression

Question 5

Supporting
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Answer 5

Beeman castrated male mice and their aggression decreased. Evidence there is a correlation between aggression and testosterone
OTOH- cannot generalise the findings from mice to humans

Question 6

Conflicting
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Answer 6

Mazur found playing a non- aggressive game increased levels of testosterone. This suggests testosterone is more about dominance therefore not the direct cause of aggression

Question 7

Other explanations
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Answer 7

Brain activity- higher activity in amygdala leads to higher aggression.
Credible - can be measured via brain scans - empirical