Hormones

Question 1

What are hormones

Answer 1

Chemicals carried in blood that affect behaviour

Question 2

What does increased antenatal exposure to T cause?

Answer 2

Increased hypothalaums/amygdala

Question 3

What does increased T do (aggression)

Answer 3

Lowers activation threshold for amygdala & shortens refractory period (so more signals sent)

Question 4

What does cortisol do (aggression)

Answer 4

Mitigates T

Question 5

What is adrenaline linked to (aggression)

Answer 5

Fight or flight

Question 6

What does serotonin do (aggression)

Answer 6

High serotonin decreases aggression

Question 7

What does destradil (female sex hormone) linked to (aggression)

Answer 7

Linked to lower aggression in women

Question 8

Supporting hormones & aggression (mice)

Answer 8

Beeman castrates mice, decreases, injects again, increases aggression & T
:( animal study

Question 9

Supporting hormones & aggression (prisoners)

Answer 9

Dabbs found higher T in prisoners who comit violent crimes vs others e.g. theives

Question 10

Conflicting for hormones & aggression (Chess)

Answer 10

Mazur found T linked to dominance, not aggression (playing chess increased)

Question 11

Hormones testability

Answer 11

Empirical as can be measured e.g. in blood

Question 12

Hormones cause & effect

Answer 12

Issues w c&e as just correlational