aggression in psychology

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Hint	Answer
area of brain that helps coordinate behaviours that satisfy emotional urges	Limbic system
area of brain responsible for evaluation emotional importance of sensory info	Amygdala
who found reduced amygdala volume to predict development of aggression?	Pardini et al (2014)
area of brain formation of LTM, allows animals to compare current threat to past experiences	Hippoccampus
evidence for role of hippocampus comes from...	Raine et al (2004)
normal levels of this exert a calming ihibitory effect on neural firing in the brain	Serotonin
research support for less serotonin = more aggression	Duke et al (2013)
name of the hormone that produces male characteristics, one of which is "aggressive behaviour"	Testosterone
who found men to be more aggressive than women?	Archer (2009)
who suggested that the definition of aggression needs revising?	Mazur (1985)
what did they say we should distinguish aggression from?	Dominance

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instead of more aggressively, how does testosterone cause women to act according to eisenegger?	Nicer
which gene is implicated in aggression?	MAOA
what increases in abnormal levels if this gene is defective?	Neurotransmitters
which researcher found a dutch family to all have abnormally low levels of MAOA and a defective gene?	Brunner et al (1993)
which researcher distinguished between MAOA-L and MAOA-H by studying 500 children?	Caspi et al (2002)
only children who had MAOA-L and had been what displayed anti-social behaviour?	Maltreated
what gene did Tihohen (2015) find MAOA-L to be found in combination with in aggressive Finnish prisoners?	CDH13
what rate of variance did Concarro (1997) find in twin studies? (i have literally no clue whatthis means)	50%
what did a study of 14k adoptions in Denmark which found that criminal children would also likely have criminal biological fathers provide evidence for?	Genetic effect
who carried out a meta analysis of 24 twin and adoption studies and suggested a 50% variance rate?	Miles and Carey (1997)
which explanation states all members have a repertoire of stereotyped behaviours?	Ethological explanation for aggression