Psychology A2 - Aggression

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What type of explanation is social learning theory?
Social Psychological
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What does ARRM stand for?
Attention, Retention, Reproduction, Motivation
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Who conducted the bobo doll study?
Bandura
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How many participants took part in the bobo doll study?
66, aged 3-5, split into 3 groups
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What is deindividuated behaviour?
based on primitive urges, not conforming to societal norms, leads to anti-social behaviour
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Give 3 factors that can induce deindividuation
crowd, uniform, state of altered consciousness
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In terms of the aggression frustration hypothesis, what 2 things increase frustration?
nearer to our goal, or block was unexpected
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What are the two forms of aggressive catharsis?
overt, symbolic
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In what 3 ways do the media influence aggression?
desensitisation, disinhibition, cognitive priming
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What type of explanation does the importation model give for aggression?
dispositional cause
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What type of explanation does the deprivation model give for aggression?
situational cause
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What are the three types of inmate identified in the importation model?
straight, convict, criminal
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Give some examples of prison deprivations
loss of freedom and heterosexual relationships, isolation, boredom, discomfort, loneliness
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How common is the warrior gene?
⅓, or up to ½ in countries with a history of frequent warfare
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What is the warrior gene?
a variation of the MAOA gene (MAOA-L)
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What does the warrior gene do?
produce less of the monoamine oxidase enzyme
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Who were the participants in the hot sauce study?
78 male students from the university of California Santa Barbra
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What does the hypothalamus do?
plays a regulatory role in aggression
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What does the amygdala do?
important for the perception of emotions and the control of aggressive behaviours
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What 4 key structures does the limbic system consist of?
hypothalamus, thalamus, amygdala, hippocampus
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What are neurotransmitters?
chemicals that trigger a response in the brain
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Which two neurotransmitters are associated with aggression?
serotonin, dopamine
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What is testosterone and where does it come from?
a male sex hormone, secreted by leydig cells in the testes
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What are the names of the two hormonal explanations for aggression?
the basal model, the reciprocal model
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What is jealousy?
a state of fear in response to a threat (real or imagined) to exclusivity as a sexual partner
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What is infidelity?
the cause of the jealousy
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What type of jealousy are males more affected by?
sexual jealousy
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What type of jealousy are females more affected by?
emotional jealousy
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Give two examples of mate-retention tactics
physical violence, direct guarding
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What is cuckoldry?
where a female deceives her partner into believer offspring is biologically his
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What is the key argument for evolutionary theory?
murder is an adaptive response
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What 4 factors can make murder adaptive or non adaptive?
genetic relatedness, status, sex, family/group size
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What three reasons did Daly & Wilson give for men in their 20s committing murder?
sexual jealousy, lack of resources, threats to male status
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What is ethology?
the study of animals in their natural environment within the context of evolutionary theory
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What is ritualised aggression?
often seen among members of the same animal species to assert dominance without causing any real damage
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What is an appeasement gesture?
a signal of submission to end a fight
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What is energy for instinctive acts, such as aggression, called?
action-specific energy
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Give an example of an innate releasing mechanism
baby seagulls peck at a red spot on their mother's beak until they are fed
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Give an example of a fixed action pattern
an infant gripping something when they feel it
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