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AGGRESSION KEY TERMS
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- 1LIMBIC SYSTEMSUBCORTICAL STRUCTURES IN THE BRAIN THOUGHT TO BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN REGULATING EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOUR INCLUDING AGGRESSION.
- 2SEROTONINA NEUROTRANSMITTER WITH WIDESPREAD INHIBITORY EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN WHICH HAS A KEY ROLE IN AGGRESSION.
- 3TESTOSTERONEA HORMONE FROM THE ANDROGEN GROUP THAT IS PRODUCED MAINLY IN THE MALE TESTES (AND IN SMALLER AMOUNT IN OVARIES) WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGRESSION.
- 4GENETIC FACTORSGENES CONSIST OF DNA STRANDS WHICH PRODUCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR GENERAL AND SPECIFIC PHYSICAL FEATURES OF AN ORGANISM WHICH MAY IMPACT ON PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES. GENES ARE INHERITED.
- 5MAOA GENETHE GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIVITY OF THE ENZYME MONOAMINE OXIDASE IN THE BRAIN. THE LOW-ACTIVITY VARIANT OF THE GENE IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR.
- 6ETHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONAN EXPLANATION THAT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE INNATE BEHAVIOUR OF ANIMALS BY STUDYING THEM IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS.
- 7INNATE RELEASING MECHANISMSA BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OR PROCESS WHICH IS ACTIVATED BY AN EXTERNAL STIMULUS THAT IN TURN TRIGGERS A FIXED ACTION PATTERN.
- 8FIXED ACTION PATTERNA SEQUENCE OF STEREOTYPED, PRE-PROGRAMMED BEHAVIOURS TRIGGERED BY AN IRM WHICH HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IN FULL ONCE TRIGGERED.
- 9EVOLUTIONARY EXPLANATIONAN ACCOUNT OF THE CHANGES IN SPECIES OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS; CHARACTERISTICS THAT ENHANCE SURVIVAL AND REPRODUCTION ARE NATURALLY SELECTED.
- 10SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONSANY THEORY THAT ARGUES AGGRESSION IS THE RESULT OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTERISTICS AND FEATURES OF THE SITUATIONS IN WHICH THE BEHAVIOURS OCCUR.
- 11FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESISA SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY WHICH ARGUES THAT ANGER, HOSTILITY AND EVEN VIOLENCE ARE ALWAYS THE OUTCOME WHEN WE ARE PREVENTED FROM ACHIEVING OUR GOALS.
- 12SOCIAL LEARNING THEORYA WAY OF EXPLAINING BEHAVIOUR THAT INCLUDES BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT REINFORCEMENT, COMBINING LEARNING THEORY WITH THE ROLE OF COGNITIVE FACTORS.
- 13DE-INDIVIDUATIONA PSYCHOLOGICAL STATE IN WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL LOSES THEIR PERSONAL IDENTITY AND TAKES ON THE IDENTITY OF THE SOCIAL GROUP EG. WHEN IN A CROWD OR WEARING A UNIFORM. THE RESULT MAY BE TO FREE THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CONSTRAINTS OF SOCIAL NORMS.
- 14INSITUTIONAL AGGRESSIONAGGRESSIVE OR VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR THAT TAKES PLACE WITHIN THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF A PRISON OR OTHER FORMAL ORGANISED SETTINGS.
- 15DISPOSITIONAL EXPLANATIONSANY EXPLANATION OF BEHAVIOUR THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S PERSONALITY.
- 16SITUATIONAL EXPLANATIONSANY EXPLANATION THAT IDENTIFIES THE CAUSES OF BEHAVIOUR AS EXISTING WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT, INCLUDING OTHER PEOPLE.
- 17MEDIACOMMUNICATION CHANNELS THROUGH WHICH NEWS, ENTERTAINMENT, EDUCATION AND DATA ARE MADE AVAILABLE.
- 18COMPUTER GAMESA GAME PLAYED ONSCREEN, TYPES INCLUDING SIMULATIONS, FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS, ADVENTURES, SPORTS AND ROLE-PLAYING GAMES. OFTEN USE AN ONLINE SERVICE.
- 19DESENSITISATIONREPEATED EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE REDUCES NORMAL LEVELS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AROUSAL ASSOCIATED WITH ANXIETY, MAKING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR MORE LIKELY.
- 20DISINHIBITIONNORMAL SOCIAL CONSTRAINTS AGAINST CERTAIN BEHAVIOURS CAN BE WEAKENED BY ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS; BEHAVIOURS THEN APPEAR TEMPORARILY SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE AND THEREFORE MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR.
- 21COGNITIVE PRIMINGVIOLENT IMAGES PROVIDE US WITH READY-MADE SCRIPTS ABOUT AGGRESSION WHICH AS STORED IN MEMORY AND TRIGGERED WHEN WE PERCEIVE AGGRESSIVE CUES IN A SITUATION.
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- A level Psychology (Aggression P3) Karteikarten am AGGRESSION KEY TERMS, erstellt von Jasmine Howe am 28/05/2017.
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