Aggression- Biological
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- Created on: 23-02-16 17:11
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- Biological Explanation of Aggression
- MEN MORE AGGRESSIVE DUE TO TESTOSTERONE
- EVIDENCE: VIOLENT CRIMINALS HAD HIGHER TES. LEVELS THAN NON VIOLENT CRIMINAL
- RESEARCH SUGGEST BOYS WITH XYY CHROMOSOME = MORE AGGRESSIVE
- ES GIBT A HIGHER THAN NORM PROPORTION OF XYY MALES AMONGST VIOLENT OFFENDERS
- AGGRESSION=LINKED TO LIMBIC SYSTEM
- LIMBIC SYSTEM= PART OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN BRAIN
- AMYGDALA IS A PART OF THE SYSTEM
- SYSTEM INFLUENCES eating & sexual behaviour and AGGRESSION
- http://daniellepsychology.blogspot.co.uk/p/aggression.html
- BRAIN DISEASE CAN AFFECT SYSTEM& CAN LEAD TO ABNORMAL AGGRESSION LEVELS
- PSYCHO- SURGERY TO AMYGDALA-SUCCESS IN REDUCING VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
- LIMBIC SYSTEM= PART OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM IN BRAIN
- EVALUATION
- YOUNG'S STUDY SUPPORTS
- HE FOUND OFFSPRING OF MONKEYS INJECTED W/ TEST.= MORE AGGRESSIVE- HIGH LEVELS INCREASE AGGRESSION
- IGNORES CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES- TOO SIMPLE (REDUCTIONIST)
- AGG. MAY RUN IN FAMILIES THROUGH LEARNING
- YOUNG'S STUDY SUPPORTS
- REDUCING AGGRESSION
- DRUGS
- e.g. ritalin STIMULATE ACTIVITY IN PREFONTAL CORTEX,
- REDUCE AGGRESIVE BEHAVIOUR CAUSED BY CONDITONS LIKR ADHD
- SHORT TERM SOLUTION=PROBLEM NOT DEALT WITH
- EASY TO PRODUCE= WIDELY AVAILABLE & IS EFFECTIVE- QUICKER THAN COUNSELLING
- PERSON CAN BECOME ADDICTED/ DEPENDENT/ OVERDOSE
- e.g. ritalin STIMULATE ACTIVITY IN PREFONTAL CORTEX,
- PSYCHO-SURGERY
- REMOVE/ DESTORY PART OF BRAIN THAT ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY.
- DONE BY HEATING & INSERTING PROBE TO PRECISE LOCATION WITH END HEATED TO KILL NERVES
- THIS HAS REDUCED AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR IN PEOPLE
- DONE BY HEATING & INSERTING PROBE TO PRECISE LOCATION WITH END HEATED TO KILL NERVES
- IT IS A PERMANENT SOLUTION
- PERSON CAN DIE IN SURGERY
- UNETHICAL- PATIENT MAY BE IN WRONG STATE OF MIND
- REMOVE/ DESTORY PART OF BRAIN THAT ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY.
- DRUGS
- MEN MORE AGGRESSIVE DUE TO TESTOSTERONE
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