01:830:321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Frontal Lobe, Reinforcement
20 Jan 2018
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Aggression- intentional behavior aimed at doing or causing harm. Anger and hostility don"t necessarily lead to aggression. Aggression doesn"t necessarily involve anger or hostility. Instrumental aggression- proactive aggression; harm is inflicted as a means to get a desired outcome. Poverty; might turn to aggression to get resources. Emotional aggression- reactive aggression; harm is inflicted for its own sake to cause pain. During impulsive situations and even cold and calculated situations. Universal finding that men are more violent than women. 90% of murderers in the us in 2010 were male and 77% murder victims were male. Boys tend to be more physically aggressive. Girls are often more indirectly or relationally aggressive. Genetic survival rather than survival of the individual. Inhibition of aggression towards people related to us. For men, manhood must be earned and maintained through action. Strong positive correlation between testosterone and aggression. Lower levels of serotonin = higher aggression. Abnormalities in the frontal lobe of brain equals higher aggression.
