Aggression Discuss genetic factors involved in aggressive behaviour. The gene MAOA may be associated with aggressive behaviour. It is responsbile for breaking down neurotransmitters such as noradrenaline and dopamine after they have transmitted an impulse from one cell to another. The lower the MAOA gene‚means that the more aggressive the behaviour as dopamine and noradrealine is accumulated in their bodies. There has been emperical support by CASES et al who investigated mice genetically engineered
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“Discuss explanations of institutional aggression” (8+16 marks) Institutional aggression is aggression that occurs within groups or institutions (prisons) or between groups (genocide). Prison statistics within group aggression inside an institution‚ in 2007 Beck and Harrison estimate 70‚000 inmates are victims of sexual violence whilst in prison. In 2010 the League for Penal Reform found that recorded assault incidents rose by 61% between 2000 and 2009. In 2011 there were over 15‚000 prisoner
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Violence is an extreme form of aggression‚such as assault‚rape or murder.I think that violence can start anywhere.violence is so deadly it could kill someone one if you don’t stop having physical contact or aggression. Most of the sports have violence in them because their is fights or physical contact with other people. According to Clark McCauley Psychologists understand aggression to be behavior aimed at harming another member of the same species‚ and most psychologists distinguish between
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For decades sports psychologists have disputed the question of whether aggression in any form is instinctive/ biological or is modelled by our interaction in society i.e. we learn it. Aggression is defined by Coakley (2014) as “verbal or physical actions grounded in intent to dominate‚ control‚ or do harm to another person” and emphasizes the two main components: that the behavior is aimed at another human with intention to inflict harm and that the behavior is reasonably thought to be as such that
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Aggression is defined as “behaviour directed towards another individual carried out with immediate intent to cause harm.” {Anderson and Huesman‚ 2003} Explanations for aggressive behaviour fall under two main categories: the biological and social explanation. The biological explanations have three main approaches: psychodynamic theory‚ ethology and evolutionary social psychology. In contrast‚ the social explanations include: frustration-aggression hypothesis‚ excitation transfer model and social
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Freud believed that aggression was a normal but unconscious impulse that is repressed in well-adjusted people. However‚ if the aggressive impulse is particularly strong or repressed to an unusual degree‚ then some aggression can ‘leak’ out of the unconscious and the person may be aggressively against a random‚ innocent victim. Freud called this displaced aggression‚ and this theory might explain an attack of ‘senseless’ violence‚ labeling it as aggression that was too repressed and has broken through
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Aggression is viewed by many as a negative response in sport‚ but theories of why aggression occurs contradict each other. Evaluate critically theories of aggression that seek to explain why negative responses often occur in sporting situations Use practical examples for the theories you evaluate. Aggression is any behaviour outside the rules of the game that aims to harm an individual that is motivated to avoid such harm. Some skills appear aggressive for example‚ a slide tackle in football
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Aggression is defined as the overt behavior of initiating hostilities or launching attacks. In psychology‚ aggression relates to many different types of behavior. Originally‚ aggressive behavior is defined as one person is intended to injure or irritate another people. However‚ it is difficult to know or to measure if a person’s behavior is intentional‚ especially in children. Hence‚ when researchers carry out studies on aggression‚ the operational definition of aggression is often referred to the
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Institutional aggression AO1 Importation Model - Irwin and Cressey - claims inmates who enter prison with certain characteristics are more likely to engage in interpersonal violence than other inmates - violence in prisons isn’t a product of the institution itself but the characteristics of individuals who enter them - young rather than old and black not white more likely to have higher interpersonal violence as they ’import’ behaviours from their norms/culture/background - recognised the
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Institutional Aggression The term refers to collective violence E.g. violence within institutions such as prisons‚ students‚ police and army They are danger for both inmates and workers Benjamin Mogmat a member of ‘the number’ in a South African prison was sentenced to nine years. Now in prison he claims to have killed more inmates than he can remember. All to impress a gang. Initiation rituals One way institutions show aggression towards each other is through violent initiation rituals
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