Outline and evaluate biological explanations for aggression (24) The biological explanation for aggression states that aggression is innate behavior in people and the environment around them does not cause it. Neurotransmitters in the brain‚ chemicals that allow impulses to be transmitted from one area to another‚ can be used to explain why some people are aggressive. There is evidence to suggest that the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are linked to aggression‚ low levels of serotonin
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“You’re stupid!” “You’re a waste of space.” “You have no talent!” Have you ever been told these things? Have you ever said these things? Chances are you answered yes to one of those questions‚ maybe even both. Bullying is so prominent in today’s society that you may do it without even knowing it. Why do kids even get bullied? “There are a variety of reasons why bullies target others‚ including everything from personality differences to being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” (Sherri Gordon)
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"Consider the fearful danger you are in; it is a great furnace of wrath‚ a wide and bottomless pit‚ full of the fire of wrath‚ that you are held over in the hand of that God‚ whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you‚ as against many of the damned in Hell. You hang by a slender thread‚ with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it‚ and ready every moment to singe it‚ and burn it asunder; and you have no interest in any mediator‚ and nothing to lay hold of to save yourself‚ nothing
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The evolutionary explanation of gender difference Evolutionary means organism developing from an earlier form in order to survive in their environment. Parental investment theory Trivlers put forward that women have to be choosy about the partner they choose because they are stuck with the child for much longer than the male is required for reproduction. This is meant to explain why men are so assertive and aggressive because it is best for him to have sex with lots of people; for a women
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How might de-individuation theory explain the looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots? What are the strengths and limitations of this kind of approach to understanding collective behavior? This assignment will look at what de-individuation theory is and how this could explain looting behaviour that sometimes accompanies crowd riots. We will investigate research into de-individuation and how the theory has developed from Le Bon’s original work. Moving on to explore how the
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Effects of Bullying Have you ever heard about bullying? Do you know people can die because of that? Every year sad stories about people and kids affected by bullying is more common that people think. Statistics show that about two in four kids in the U.S. are bullied on a regular basis. Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force to affect others particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power. Bullying can affect everyone‚ those who are
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Mark Morrison Page 1 Professor Bautista English 110 October 8‚ 2012 “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell In his essay “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell recounts a time in his life when as a British police officer in India‚ he was faced with the moral dilemma of having to shoot an elephant in order to save his pride. In the beginning of the essay‚ Orwell describes it as a time of tension and hostility. For example‚ if a European woman was seen walking alone in a bazaar she
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How the hidden culture of aggression in girls helps the school counselor when working with students. It is amazing that we can go through life with blinders on and not realize the pain others suffer around us because we are so focused on what we think is relevant and important. I don’t believe this is just me. I am very busy between work‚ school and raising a son. I am always on the go. So when we started talking about girls and their “issues” with one another‚ I took the time to educate myself
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Are humans innately aggressive or do we learn to be aggressive? From time in memorial‚ there has always been conflict. As the world developed so did the scale of these conflicts. This hunger for violence and aggression has been questioned by many psychologists and as a result led to one of the more important questions of nature versus nurture. On the one hand some have argued that aggression is innate and on the other hand‚ it has been argued that aggression is a learned behavior and that our
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BULLYING She gasped for air between sobs. Tears from her wide‚ moistened eyes streamed unchecked down her pale brown cheeks. The tears tasted brackish to her lips‚ with a significant tint of bitterness in them: bitterness that she felt and directed at the others for putting her in such a miserable and pitiful condition as she was in that day; Or always‚ for that matter. Tears blinded her eyes as a new surge of emotion swept her. A muffled moan of grief arose in her throat‚ and her head throbbed
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