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Aggression Eval
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- 1Neural mechanismsRole of other brain structures - amygdala doesn't operate in isolation, OFC
Effect of drugs on serotonin - Berman paroxtine and game, gave fewer shocks - 2Hormonal mechanismsExplaining the role of testosterone - biosocial model of status, game when losers testosterone levels rose 73% rechallanged, dropped 22%
Other hormones - high testosterone only leads to aggression when cortisol is low - 3Genetic factorsIsolating genetic factors
Multiple genetic influences
Measuring aggression - self-report = greater influence
Research su[[prt for MAOA - money-distributing game high activity variant more cooperative
Non-human animal studies - knockout gene mice - 4Ethological explanationSupporting research - MAOA gene genetic basis
Cultural differences in aggression - Culture of Honor
Evidence against ritualistic aggression - chimpanzee 'four year war'
FAPs not that fixed - vary between individuals and even same individual
Unjustifed generalisation to humans - TInbergen didnt study extreme violent behaviour - 5Evolutionary explanationResearch support for aggression and sexual jealousy - Shackelford, mate retention inventory and Spouse influence
Evolutionary explanations account for gender differences
Real-life application - anti-bullying interventions
Cultural differences - Kalahari
Methodological issues - difficult to test hypotheses so most correlational - 6Frustration Aggression hypothesisResearch support - meta-analysis 49studies
Is aggression cathartic? - punchbag
Berkowitz reformulation: negative affect theory, negative feelings cause aggression
Justified and unjustified - oragami unjustified gf waiting most aggression
Real-life application - trigger can pull the finger - 7SLTSupporting research - aggressive boys formed friendships w agg boys, training ground
Cannot explain all aggression - reactive aggression not expalined (negative affect)
Benefits of non-aggressive model - break cycles of aggression where individuals choose situations which reward behaviour
Real-life application - media portrayal
Cultural differences - Kalahari kids have no model - 8De-individuationResearch support - anonymity and aggressive messages correlation
Lack of support - 'Deviance in the dark' no aggressive behaviour
De-individuation and prosocial behaviour - nurses shocks study
Real-life application - Xbox Live
Explaining de-individuation - leads to conformy to group norms which could be anti or pro social - 9Dispositional explanationsSupport from research - Camp and Gaes 561 inmates no difference between prison environments
Alternative explanation - administrative control model
Interactionist - 10Situational explanationsSupporting evidence - Cunningham 36 male homicides
Contradictory research - Conjudal visits
Interactionist - 11Computer games on aggressionExperimental studies - lab studies artificial and unrealistic Taylor Competitive Reaction Time Task, unethical to use real agg, do not have fear of retaliation
Correlational studies - cause and effect, control of variables, selection vs socialisation hypothesis
Longitudinal studies - dynamic nature of media, confounding variables
Non-equivalence problem - Marathon 2 is violent and complex, Glider Pro 4 uses 2 keys
Publication bias - only publish statistically significant data meta-analysis - 12Desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive primingResearch support for desensitisation - Krahe, habitual viewers of violent media lower levels of arousal, higher pleasant
RS for disinhibition - film with aggression
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