PSYCH 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Leonard Berkowitz, Handgun, Sexual Arousal
18 Mar 2013
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Physical or verbal behaviour intended to cause harm. Murders- hostile fewer homicides), erupt from arguments emotional outbursts (therefore, death penalty did not result in. Jean-jacques rousseau: society is source of social evils. Thomas hobbes: society"s laws are necessary to restrain/control human brute. Neural, genetic, biochemical influences predispose some people to react aggressively to conflict and provocation. Aggressive energy is instinctual: unlearned and universal not released build up. Freud (human aggression springs from self-destructive impulse) & lorenz (adaptive) How would shared shared human instinct for aggression explain. Although aggression is biologically influenced, human propensity to aggress doesn"t qualify as instinctive behaviour. Aggression is adaptive: aggressive behaviour as strategy for gaining resources, defending against attacketc. No one spot controls, but neural systems facilitate aggression. Painless electrical stimulation in amygdale: smashed guitar against the wall, barely missing psychiatrist"s head. Abnormal brains can contribute to abnormally aggressive behaviour (prefrontal cortex 14% less active in murderers) Heredity influences the neural system"s sensitivity to aggressive cues.
