Paper 3 - Complete Student Workbook - Aggression

Written by leading authors Nick and Bethan Redshaw specifically for the AQA Psychology Specification Year 2 Psychology in Context, ISSUE, DEBATES and OPTIONS and builds on their highly successful year 1 material which is also available to download here on TES.

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Option 3 Aggression - Learning Objectives
On completion of this unit you should be familiar with the following:

Week 21 - Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression
1. Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the roles of the limbic system serotonin and testosterone
2. Genetic factors in aggression, including the MAOA gene.

Week 22 - Ethological & evolutionary explanations of aggression
1. The ethological explanation of aggression, including reference to innate releasing mechanisms and fixed action patterns.
2. Evolutionary explanations of human aggression.

Week 23 - Social psychological explanations
1. The frustration-aggression hypothesis
2. Social learning theory as applied to human aggression
3. De-individuation

Week 24 - Institutional aggression
1. Situational explanations
2. Dispositional explanations

Week 25 - Media influences on aggression
1. The role of desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive priming.
2. Media influences on aggression, including the effects of computer games.

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