Neural

Question 1

What is serotonin and what does it do? (Aggression neural)

Answer 1

It is a neurotransmitter that carries electrical impulses to the brain

Question 2

How does serotonin reduce aggression? (Aggression neural)

Answer 2

Inhibits responses to emotional stimuli

Question 3

What did Raleigh et al (1991) do and find? (Aggression neural)

Answer 3

Controlled monkeys serotonin levels via their diets - heightened serotonin led to low aggression

Question 4

What is testosterone and what does it do? (Aggression neural)

Answer 4

Main male sex hormone, that increases muscle mass and encourages sexual behaviour

Question 5

What is the relationship between testosterone and aggression? (Aggression neural)

Answer 5

Increased testosterone will increase levels of aggression

Question 6

Who castrated mice, then injected testosterone finding that aggression then increased? (Neural aggression)

Answer 6

Beeman

Question 7

What did Dabbs (1995) do and find? (Neural aggression)

Answer 7

Testosterone in the salvia of prisoners was higher in the most violent offenders

Question 8

What does Albert et al (1993) believe? (Aggression neural)

Answer 8

There is not a positive correlation between testosterone and aggression but actually is due to researching techniques

Question 9

Outline why the neural explanation does explain gender differences? (Aggression neural)

Answer 9

Men have 10x more testosterone and are 15x more likely to go to prison

Question 10

What does the neural explanation suggest? (Aggression neural)

Answer 10

Aggression is caused by an individual’s internal environment and not external surroundings