Aggression Key Points

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Biological Explanations of Aggression	Hormones Chromosomal abnormality Brain damage/disease
Aggressive hormone	Testosterone
Abnormality in chromosomes	XYY
Damaged parts of the brain responsible for high levels of aggression	Limbic system Pre-frontal cortex
The limbic system	The part of the brain that causes aggressive behaviour.
Testosterone	The male hormone thought to cause aggressive behavior.
XYY	An arrangement of chromosomes that causes aggressive behavior.
The pre-frontal cortex	The part of the brain associated with instincts such as aggression.
Biological ways of reducing aggression	Drugs Psycho-surgery
Psycho-surgery	Either removes or destroys parts of the brain not functioning properly.
Drug used to treat ADHD	Ritalin
Thanatos	An unconscious drive which causes us to self-destruct.
Ego-defence Mechanisms	Displacement Sublimation
Displacement	Aggressive towards others.
Sublimation	Channeling aggression into safe activities.
Frustration-Aggression Explanation	A trigger is needed to cause frustration leading to aggressive behavior.
A study to support the frustration-aggression hypothesis	Barker (1941) Kept children waiting to play with toys. Being frustrated does lead to aggression.
Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: brain damage/disease	Raine et al (1997) 41 murderers given PET scans When pre-frontal cortex is not working normally, it can lead to people committing violent crimes.
Study to investigate the biological explanation of aggression: hormones	Young et al (1959) Injected pregnant monkeys with testosterone. Testosterone does seem to play a vital part in aggressive behavior.
What did Megargee and Mendelsohn study?	The link between aggression and personality type.
Catharsis	Watching aggressive behavior in order to reduce aggressive instincts.
Two ways of dealing with our aggressive instincts.	Ego defence mechanisms such as displacement and sublimation. Catharsis
Social Learning Theory	Observation Role Models Imitation Vicarious Reinforcement Monitoring
A study to show aggression can be learned.	Bandura et al (1963) 'Bobo' doll method. Children will copy how they see others behave.
Social Learning Theory ways of reducing aggression.	Observe more non-aggressive role models. See a role model being punished for aggressive behavior. Get people to think differently about how to behave.

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