Anderson Study

Anderson, (1989), wanted to understand the psycho physiological effect of heat on occurrence of human violence. They study the effects of temperature in several different areas of aggression (they look at aggressive crime rates associated with temperature in different regions, crime rates in various time periods, and they study temperature measured with target behaviors). Anderson studies used Brearley’s data of average homicide rates across the 1918- 1929 time span for each of the northern most and the southern most states. They also look at the geographic region temperature, and the effects with socioeconomic confounds in that region which would produces higher crime rates. The Hypothesis of this Mimi- study was that the temperature and aggression
The implication of this study is that our aggression level rises when our body core temperature is higher. According to Mayo Clinic (2015), under normal conditions your skin, blood vessels and perspiration level adjust to the heat. But these natural cooling systems may fail if you’re exposed to high temperatures and humidity for too long, you sweat heavily, and you don’t drink enough fluids. The results can be heat cramps, Heat syncope, heat exhaustion, Heatstroke. I think this study is somewhat like to Anderson one because, According to Anderson (1989), temperature effects are direct; they operate at the individual level. Second, temperature effects are important; they influence the most antisocial behaviors imaginable. However, the study has its limitations: the sample only used 60 participants, when ideally it would be a much larger pool; the study also just concerte only on the east coast, ideally the geographic would be much bigger than that just to make sure you are covering enough area. The final things, I see wrong in this study is that the room temperature need to set at a temperature that made sure that the result would produce more data on this study. Concretion that this study can be importation in understanding how the core body temperature deals with being under stress. Overall, I think this Mimi study was sought out to see the effects of heat on aggression. The study shows that when the temperature rise so do the level of aggression in people. The study can be a good starting point for the future because this study can help people learn about their aggression level and how to control it and science can learn how to develop more relaxing way for people to not lose their cool when the temperature is