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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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    EVOLUTIONARY THEORY

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    EVOLUTIONARY THEORY Evolution is the process in which significant changes in the inheritable traits (genetic makeup) of a species occur over time. The validity and value of evolutionary biology are based on continual analysis and interpretation of accumulating science data. THEORIES OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION • Historically three theories • The views of most modern biologists combine the second and third • No evidence of the first theory‚ that of Lamarck LAMARCK: Inherited Acquired Characteristics

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    paper compares the perspectives of evolutionary psychology and social structural theory on sex differences in jealousy‚ mate preferences‚ and aggression. These two theories shed somewhat different lights on the origins of sex differences between men and women. Both theories discuss sex differences in mate preferences‚ jealousy‚ and aggression. Explanations from the two theories are compared and contrasted. Explanations for Sex Differences Evolutionary psychologists have developed a theory

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    Outline and evaluate two social psychological explanations of human aggression (24 Marks) Deindividuation theory is a social psychological explanation of aggression. It explains how rational individuals can become aggressive hooligans in a mob or crowd as it suggests that losing their sense of identity and self awareness deindividuates people. Individuals in groups fail to see the consequences of their actions‚ and the social norms they would normally follow are forgotten and this is when aggressive

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    there just one thing that controls when and how aggressive someone becomes? How can we come to explain such acts of aggression and violence? Are they a result of societal influences‚ or are some individuals biologically predisposed to crime? Do brain disorders‚ hormonal and chemical imbalances‚ environmental factors‚ such as heat‚ noise‚ air pollution and overcrowding increase our aggression level? Or is it something we choose to obtain? These are all questions that researchers have been addressing

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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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    Evolutionary Change

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    Throughout the course of life evolution has taken its place on plants and animals. One of the greatest evolutionary changes was the transition of life in water‚ to the transition to life on land. As you can imagine‚ both organisms had challenges moving from this single cellular water environment to a multi-cellular land environment. While the change was difficult‚ this new environment would help organisms flourish in life‚ giving them the ability to reproduce more freely‚ and eat with less competition

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    Evolution‚ in its most simple sense‚ is described as change over time. I believe it’s important that we understand how evolutionary thinking is relevant to understanding disease as an agent of natural selection because evolutionary thinking taps into two important fields: biology and medicine. It helps us understand the field of biology because evolution helps explain life; specifically differences‚ changes and developments to adapt. On the other hand‚ it helps us understand the field of medicine

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    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 THE ROLE OF NEURAL AND HORMONAL MECHANISMS IN HUMAN AGGRESSION Neurotransmitters are chemicals that enable impulses within the brain to be transmitted from one area of the brain to another. Serotonin is thought to reduce aggression by inhibiting responses to emotional stimuli that might otherwise lead to an aggressive response. Low serotonin in the brain has been associated with an increased susceptibility to impulsive behaviour‚ aggression and even violent suicide. A meta-analysis found that

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