PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin, Conduct Disorder
11 Mar 2014
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Innate dominance instincts make children aggression- they must learn to control it. Others argue that children learn it by imitating others. Age-crime curve has remained constant, but it only looks at those arrested, it doesn"t look at the aggression within children. Studies found that humans are most likely to resort to physical aggression at the age of. By 4, physical aggression tends to decrease at this age children begin to use indirect aggression. Evolutionarily, we are aggressive- it helped us survive, increased our fitness. We control aggressive drive in the same way we control sexual drive. Those who are continuously aggressive and do not learn to control it end up isolated in adults, same for monkey studies. Seratonin- key neurotransmitter in emotion regulation, low serotonin associated with aggressive behaviours. Play fighting- chimps have a play face indicating having fun: the animal who is rougher displays dominants, play fighting may actually help children learn limits and therefore how to control aggression.
