Biological Explanations of Aggression

Aggressive hormone

Abnormality in chromosomes

Damaged parts of the brain responsible for high levels of aggression

The limbic system

Testosterone

XYY

The pre-frontal cortex

Biological ways of reducing aggression

Psycho-surgery

Drug used to treat ADHD

Thanatos

Ego-defence Mechanisms

Displacement

Sublimation

Frustration-Aggression Explanation

A study to support the frustration-aggression hypothesis

Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: brain damage/disease

Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: hormones

What did Megargee and Mendelsohn study?

Catharsis

Two ways of dealing with our aggressive instincts.

Social Learning Theory

A study to show aggression can be learned.

Social Learning Theory ways of reducing aggression.