PSY 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: David Buss, Aggressive Driving
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Correlational studies of testosterone in human aggression. Prisoner testosterone predicts degree of violence of the criminal offense. Testosterone differences in military members predicts trouble with the law, peer ratings of violence, etc. Testosterone differences predict between-fraternity differences on a variety of behaviors. Medical testosterone treatments produced increases in male aggression in response to provocation. Whatever the biological preparation for aggression may be, actual levels of violence vary markedly across cultures. Cultural norms can promote an aggression social climate (e. g. , Southerners are more likely to kill each other over arguments. South and non-south equally likely for felony-related murders. Culture of honor: emotional reactions to insult. Northerner = more likely to be amused. Southerner = more likely to be angry. Southerners took longer to get out of the way after the insult. Northerners were about the same both ways. Control = both low levels of testosterone. Insult = southern, high level; northern, low level.