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Agression
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- 1What did Moyer (1968) describe aggression as?behaviour that causes or leads to harm, damage or destruction of another organism
- 2What are the three main reasons why aggression would be activated.competition for resources, mates and territory
- 3What are the two types of aggression?predatory and affective
- 4What are the four stages of predatory aggression?Hunt, kill, eat, sleep
- 5What are the five stages of affective aggression?instrumental, territorial, inter male, defensive,irritable
- 6What is serration's role in creating aggressive behaviors?Serotonin facilitates prefrontal cortical regions, i.e. the orbital frontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex involved in modulating and/or suppressing aggressive behaviours.
- 7What is the limitation to the biological explanation of aggression?Explains how but not why aggression occurs. The explanation will be found in other branches which compliment biology
- 8Which hormones causes imbalance in gabaminergic activity contributing to hyperactivity of subcortical limbic regionsGABA
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- Flashcards on Agression, created by Jessica Proctor on 04/05/2014.
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