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Aggression Key Points
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- 1Biological Explanations of AggressionHormones
Chromosomal abnormality
Brain damage/disease - 2Aggressive hormoneTestosterone
- 3Abnormality in chromosomesXYY
- 4Damaged parts of the brain responsible for high levels of aggressionLimbic system
Pre-frontal cortex - 5The limbic systemThe part of the brain that causes aggressive behaviour.
- 6TestosteroneThe male hormone thought to cause aggressive behavior.
- 7XYYAn arrangement of chromosomes that causes aggressive behavior.
- 8The pre-frontal cortexThe part of the brain associated with instincts such as aggression.
- 9Biological ways of reducing aggressionDrugs
Psycho-surgery - 10Psycho-surgeryEither removes or destroys parts of the brain not functioning properly.
- 11Drug used to treat ADHDRitalin
- 12ThanatosAn unconscious drive which causes us to self-destruct.
- 13Ego-defence MechanismsDisplacement
Sublimation - 14DisplacementAggressive towards others.
- 15SublimationChanneling aggression into safe activities.
- 16Frustration-Aggression ExplanationA trigger is needed to cause frustration leading to aggressive behavior.
- 17A study to support the frustration-aggression hypothesisBarker (1941)
Kept children waiting to play with toys.
Being frustrated does lead to aggression. - 18Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: brain damage/diseaseRaine et al (1997)
41 murderers given PET scans
When pre-frontal cortex is not working normally, it can lead to people committing violent crimes. - 19Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: hormonesYoung et al (1959)
Injected pregnant monkeys with testosterone.
Testosterone does seem to play a vital part in aggressive behavior. - 20What did Megargee and Mendelsohn study?The link between aggression and personality type.
- 21CatharsisWatching aggressive behavior in order to reduce aggressive instincts.
- 22Two ways of dealing with our aggressive instincts.Ego defence mechanisms such as displacement and sublimation.
Catharsis - 23Social Learning TheoryObservation
Role Models
Imitation
Vicarious Reinforcement
Monitoring - 24A study to show aggression can be learned.Bandura et al (1963)
'Bobo' doll method.
Children will copy how they see others behave. - 25Social Learning Theory ways of reducing aggression.Observe more non-aggressive role models.
See a role model being punished for aggressive behavior.
Get people to think differently about how to behave.
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- GCSE Psychology (Aggression) Flashcards on Aggression Key Points, created by Becca Westwell on 20/11/2014.
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