PSYC 2700H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prefrontal Cortex, Affect Theory, Brain Damage
5 Apr 2016
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Intenional behaviour aimed at causing physical or psychological harm/pain to another person (not asseriveness or accidental harm) Some say children are driven by an inborn aggressive insinct that they must learn to control in order to funcion in society. Others say they learn it from watching others: babies enter the world pure and innocent the environment makes them bad. Studies that prove adolescence is the staring point of aggression only look at adults and teens: find kindergarten is the worst for kids to show aggression wanted to look at when aggression irst started. Found humans are most likely to resort to physical violence at the age of. Once they can move around they show exploratory aggression pulling ears, pushing faces, etc. Brain = gradual increase in capacity to control emoions (such as anger) and control aggressive acts as the brain develops: front regions. Brain ability is inluenced by temperament may be geneic.
