biological aggression key studies
- Created by: patrick flood
- Created on: 10-03-14 11:06
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- reserch and evidence psychology biological aggression
- neural mechanisms
- vietnam head injury study
- 279 war veterans lesions to ventromedial frontal lobe
- correlated with high aggression scores
- observation of behaviour
- brain damage = aggressive behaviour
- appears to support the biological approach
- supports nature side of the NvN debate
- evaluation
- problems with cause and effect
- need a control group
- 279 war veterans lesions to ventromedial frontal lobe
- vietnam head injury study
- hormones
- Kouri et al
- found injecting 8 male patients with testosterone= more aggression
- aggression measured by pressing a button to accumulate points or take them away from an opponent
- link between hormones and aggression
- appears to support biological approach
- evaluation
- small sample
- task to measure aggression artificial
- experimental investigation draw conclustions about cause/ effect
- found injecting 8 male patients with testosterone= more aggression
- Kouri et al
- genes
- Jim Fallon
- had the same gene pattern of psychopathic killers
- yet he did not become violent
- Jim had a supportive and happy upbringing
- could support free will and determinism
- evaluation
- case study
- had the same gene pattern of psychopathic killers
- Jim Fallon
- neural mechanisms
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