Question 1 Flashcards
If you have more testosterone what are you said to be
More aggressive
What levels of serotonin creates aggressiveness
Low
How does serotonin lead to more aggressive behaviour
By inhibiting responses to stimuli that may lead to aggressive behaviour
Who did the study on testosterone
Dabbs
What did dabbs do
Found criminals with higher levels of testosterone had a history of mainly violent crimes
what year was Dabbs
1987
who did the study on serotonin
Mann
what year did mann do the study in
1990
what did Mann do
gave subjects a drug known to deplete serotonin. Using questionnaires to assess aggression levels, he found increased aggression
who did the study on MAOA
Brunner
when did Brunner do the study
1993
What did Brunner do
studied a Dutch family who had low levels of MAOA and found that they were also violent
what does MAOA do
regulates the metabolism of serotonin
what are the 3 learning theories
social learning theory
operant conditioning
classical conditioning
Who and what year was SLT
Bandura 1977
What does SLT say behaviour is learned through
social imitation and copying
Bandura suggested 3 things for aggression to take place
observation
mental representation
maintenance through direct experience
observation
watching an aggressive behaviour
mental representation
form mental representations, then represent possible rewards and punishments for their aggressive behaviour in terms of expectations of future outcomes when appropriate opportunities arise, the behaviour is shown as long as the rewards are higher than the punishments
maintenance through direct experience
did the child get rewarded or punished
what did Bandura do
used a 5 foot inflatable doll, children watched adults either be aggressive with the doll or not. Children were then taken into another room filled with toys, they were not permitted to play with the toys hence frustration was created. The children were then taken into another room filled with toys inc the Bobo doll.