revison notes for agression studies and and theory
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- psychology : TV and video games
- theories
- biological explanations for aggression
- the lymbatic system is the brain area that is involved in emotions and the amagdala is the brain structure involved in aggression
- people with emotional disorders have shown damages to the amagdala as this brain structure is responsible for recognising and producing the aggressive response
- people with emotional disorders have shown damages to the amagdala as this brain structure is responsible for recognising and producing the aggressive response
- studies
- animal studies have shown that if the amygdala is removed the animal becomes calm and doesn't respond in threatening situations and so damage in that area can increase aggression
- case studies on humans
- king(1961) described a case of a young women who 's amagdala was electrically stimulated during an operation and the women become more aggressive verbally and threating until the electric current was turned off
- Charles Whitman case -killed 13 people from an observation tower at texas uni after killing his wife &mother . he left behind a note asking doctors to examine his brain as he was convinced that something was making him aggressive - doctors found that there was a brain tumour pressing against his amygdala
- there are difficulties with researching human biology and they include
- the lymbatic system is the brain area that is involved in emotions and the amagdala is the brain structure involved in aggression
- biological explanations for aggression
- theories
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