Hormones Flashcards
what are hormones
the bodies chemical messengers that travel through the blood stream
what produces Cortosol
the Endocrine gland
what are the affects of cortisol
-raises blood sugar
-decreases affects of immune systems, this helps fight or flight
-counter to testosterone so reduces the aggressive affects of it
what did Virkurmen 85 find
found low cortisol and serotonin in violent offenders
what did Mc Burnet 00 do
studied 38 boys from behaviour clinics over. years and did cortisol every 2 and found that those who where more aggressive had up to 3x less cortisol than others
what does Gerra 97 say
that he found high levels of cortisol in violent offenders disproving hormone theory
some facts about testosterone
-found 20x more in men
-linked to high aggression
-essential for development of men
when is cortisol released
when a stressful thing is present
what is the problem with correlation
it does not imply causation
bone et al found what
Testosterone is linked to dominance and dominance is linked to aggression they are not directly linked
