PSYA3

PSYA3

1. AGGRESSION

   • NEURAL
     • THE FRONTAL LOBE
       • Phineas Gage-damage to the frontal lobe saw aggression from friends and family
       • Gur- women have proportionally larger frontal lobe helps to explain why women are more emotionally aggressive and bitchy compared to men whod rather punch
       • Kim- decreased ability after a stroke to control anger suggested that it is due to damage to the frontal lobe
     • Serotonin
       • Bond- antidepressant drugs alleviated mood also alleviated the aggression
       • Raleigh et al-vervet monkeys increased diet of serotonin saw nice monkeys
     • Testosterone
       • Dabbs et al- testosterone levels in 692 higher in rapists than in thieves
       • Higley- individuals exhibit signs of aggression however don't commit the acts
   • SOCIAL
     • SLT
       • Bandura Ross and Ross-- found that direct reinforcement led to increased levels off aggression however those who weren’t exposed to aggression 70% didn’t commit the aggressive acts
       • Bandura Ross and Ross indirect reinforcement led to much less aggression
       • Archer and Gartner increased murder rates after WW2 and Vietnam
     • Deindividuation
       • Zimbardo lack of identity changed behavioural traits
       • Milgram willingness to obey orders upto 65% when not anon declined sig
       • Rehm Ger footballers more likely to act ag when in their kit
   • EVOLUTIONARY
     • JEALOUSY
       • Buss males have developed a number of strategies
       • Daly and Wilson male sexual jealousy single motivational killer between males and males
       • Takahashi neural responses to imagined sexual infidelity differed between genders
     • INFIDELITY
       • Camilliri sexual assault on a female by a male directly linked to perceived infidelity
       • Shackelford and Goetz men who sexually coerced their partners more likely to report their wives as unfaithful
     • UXOROCIDE
       • Daly and Wilson death of a wife is an accidental outcome
       • Shackelford et al- 1000 cases younger women more likely to be killed by their partner
   • EVOLUTIONARY GROUPS
     • Sport
       • Maxwell and Visceck 143 rugby players questioned those who rated as high in professionalism said they would do whatever to win the game regardless of whether ag or not
       • Schwarz and Barkley sports teams win more games usually more social support territorial displays
     • Warfare
       • Kelly and Dunbar considerable consistency on rewarding behavior suggesting that group displays are innate and driven by evolutionary drives
       • Chignon longitudinal study on Yanomamo tribe long brutal history of warfare with opposing tribes found married men more likely to have been involved in war
       • Van Gugt military men have greater sex appeal only if they show signs of bravery
   • GENETICS
     • Mono Amine Oxidase A
       • Brunner dutch family