Hormones and humans

Question 1

Hormones and animals

Answer 1

• in mice testosterone increases aggression in males and females
• 2M female mice are have higher testosterone levels and are more aggressive

Question 2

hormones and humans: Males (test) generally more aggressive than females (little test), but social influences are…

Answer 2

prominent in this difference

Question 3

Hormones and humans: Castration of male sex offenders has been reported to

Answer 3

decrease subsequent aggressive attacks,
a. but validity of these studies are questionable because of poor methodology e.g. aggression not measured directly and lack appropriate control group

Question 4

Hormones and humans: sex offenders have been given synthetic steroids that inhibit test. production in tests; sexual aggression was decreased, but

Answer 4

other forms of aggression were not.

Question 5

Who has the highest level of test in men

Answer 5

veteran men:

a. record of more assaults on other adults
b. history of more problems with parents, teachers, and classmates during adolescence
c. largest effects were for men of low SES

Question 6

Men inmates’ level of test. significantly correlated with measures of violence:

Answer 6

a. nature of crime
b. infractions of prison rules
c. ratings of toughness by other prisoners

Question 7

Women inmates who engaged in unprovoked violence and had several prior convictions had higher

Answer 7

test than other women inmates

Question 8

Theory that the effect of test. is to increase motivation for dominance and…is the form of…other forms of….just memorize, this slide sucks

Answer 8

• and aggression is one form of accomplishing this in some, but not all situations
• other forms of dominance could include sports and status

Question 9

In human studies, correlation does not demonstrate causation, as it pertains to hormones

Answer 9

that’s it

Question 10

Test. levels are increased by environmental influences

Answer 10

• winning athletic contest or simple lab game increases test.
• fans test. levels increase when their team wins and decreases when it looses

Question 11

Anabolic steroids contain some synthetic hormones with androgen (test) effects

Answer 11

• weight lifters who took steroids were more aggressive and hostile than those who did not
• this finding has the same limitations as the studies described earlier i.e. it is correlational. It may be the lifters who were already more aggressive and hostile were the ones who took the steroids

Question 12

Androgens may interact with ETOH…

Answer 12

• etoh increases aggression in dominant squirrel monkeys but only during mating season when test. is 2-3 X’s higher
• this finding suggests interaction of etoh, test. and social status
  a. in non-mating season – when test. is lower – etoh increased aggressiveness in dominant males only if they were also given test. This combination did not have an effect on aggression in subordinate monkeys.