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Psychology - Aggression
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1High or low serotonin diets fed to monkeys
- ARaleigh
- BBain
- CKeller and wang
- DMullen
2Rats allowed to fight for 10 days, dopamine and serotonin measured on the 11th
- ARaleigh
- BRosenberg
- CMcCorckle
- DFerrari
3Found no difference in testosterone in violent offenders and non-violent offenders
- ABain
- BJohnston
- CKane and Janus
- DClark
4Studied children over four years, found that those with lower levels of cortisol were 3 times more likely to be aggressive
- ARayleigh
- BAdams
- CKane and Janus
- DMcburnett
5I'm US prisons, black prisoners were found to be more likely to partake in violent acts
- AFerrari
- BAdams
- CBain
- DRosenberg
6Found that prison violence is more likely to occur In high security prisons - those with more violent criminals, than those with less security
- AMcCorckle
- BMullen
- CKane and Janus
- DKeller and wang
7Found a correlation between unemployment and low levels of education and, levels of aggression in prisons
- AKane and Janus
- BBain
- CRosenberg
- DClark
8Found that overcrowding increased peer violence in prisons
- AMcCorckle
- BMcburnett
- CRayleigh
- DJohnston
9Overcrowding increased peer aggression due to competition for resources, which created defensive, in/out gang behaviour
- AMullen
- BClark
- CJohnston
- DFerrari
10The environment creates the aggression - it is the 'bad barrel'
- AImportation model
- BDispositional model
- CSituational model
- DDeprivation model
11This reduces aggression by inhibiting responses to emotional stimuli that may have cause aggression
- ACortisol
- BSerotonin
- CDopamine
- DTestosterone
12Aggression is a product of the stressful/oppressive environment that prisons force upon individuals
- ADeprivation model
- BImportation model
- CDispostitional model
- DSituational model
13The personality factors of the individual - the 'bad apple'
- AImportation model
- BDispositional model
- CDeprivation model
- DThe power-threat hypothesis
14The male sex hormone which is consistently linked to aggression - peaks in puberty when male aggression peaks and sensitive neural circuits after birth which can affect adulthood
- ADehumanization
- BDopamine
- CTestosterone
- DCortisol
15Social histories and traits are transferred into the prison, prisoners are not 'blank slates' and factors such as race, age, upbringing, addiction and sub cultures cause aggression
- ADispositional model
- BTestosterone
- CSituational model
- DImportation model
16Beleived to have a mediating affect on hormones, and low amounts are unpleasant,Mao the individual seeks aggressive encounters
- ASerotonin
- BCortisol
- CDopamine
- DTestosterone
17High levels have been linked to aggression, evidence from amphetamines (agonists) and anti-psychotics (antagonists) - the release is a reward for aggression, so is sought after
- ACortisol
- BDopamine
- CSerotonin
- DTestosterone
18Bain found no significant difference in aggression between violent and non-violent offenders
- ATrue
- BFalse
19Low testosterone causes aggression
- ATrue
- BFalse
20In Rayleigh's study. The high serotonin diet increased aggression
- ATrue
- BFalse
21McCorckle found a stronger link between bad management and aggression that overcrowding
- ATrue
- BFalse
22High levels of cortisol increases aggression
- ATrue
- BFalse
23On the 11th day of Ferrari's study, the rats had high serotonin and low dopamine
- ATrue
- BFalse
24Which study's are used to evaluate neural and hormonal explanations of aggression
- ARayleigh, Ferrari, Bain and, McBurnett
- BAdams, Keller and Wang, Kane and Janus, mcCorckle and, Johnston
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- Quiz on Psychology - Aggression, created by Jack Sandell on 04/06/2015.
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- Jack Sandell
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