Aggression. Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the roles of the limbic system, serotonin and testosterone. Genetic factors in aggression, including the MAOA gene. The ethological explanation of aggression, including reference to innate releasing mechanisms and fixed action patterns.

Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the roles of the limbic

Hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including serotonin and testosterone

Genetic factors in aggression, including the MAOA gene.

SPECIFICATION: The ethological explanation of aggression, including reference to innate releasing mechanisms and fixed action patterns

Social psychological explanations of human aggression include, social learning theory as applied to human aggression,

Social psychological explanations of human aggression The frustration-aggression hypothesis

Social psychological explanations of human aggression: de-individuation.

Institutional aggression in the context of prisons: dispositional and situational explanations.

Media influences on aggression, including the effects of computer games. The role of desensitisation, disinhibition and cognitive priming.