neural and hormonal mechanisms

Question 1

proactive and retroactive aggression

Answer 1

proactive-cold blooded, planned way of getting what you want

retroactive-hold blooded, aggressive and impulsive, accompanied by psychological arousal

Question 2

neural mechanisms-limbic system

Answer 2

system of structures beneath the cortex
amyglada
hippocampus
hypothalamus

Question 3

amygalda

Answer 3

evaluates emotional importance of sensory info and prompts appropriate response
removed-no longer responds aggressively

Question 4

research for amyglada

Answer 4

kluver-busy-syndrome

Question 5

hippocampus

Answer 5

involved in forming LTMs
allows animals to compare current threat to past experiences

Question 6

research for hippocampus

Answer 6

Victor do who found habitually violent offenders showed abnormal hippocampoal functioning

Question 7

serotonin

Answer 7

inhibitory effects on the neural firing in the brain-calming effect
inhibits firing in amyglada
low levels of serotonin=less able to control aggressive behaviour-serotonin deficiency hypothesis

Question 8

research for serotonin

Answer 8

mann
gave 35 ppts dlucofluxamine
all then had to answer questoonaire
makes who had took drug associated with highly aggressive behaviour

Question 9

homral machnism-testerone

Answer 9

males tend to more aggressive then females
due to sex hormone testerone responsible for masculine features

Question 10

research for testerone

Answer 10

giammanco showed experimental increases in testerone and reduces in castration studies