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Aggression - 16 mark questions
• 1) Discuss the role of neural and/or hormonal mechanisms in aggression.
• 2) Discuss the role of genetic factors in aggression.
• 3) Describe and evaluate the ethological explanation of aggression.
• 4) Describe and evaluate evolutionary explanations of human aggression.
• 5) Describe and evaluate research into the frustration-aggression hypothesis as an explanation of aggression.
• 6) Discuss the social learning theory of human aggression.
• 7) Describe and evaluate de-individuation as an explanation of aggression.
• 8) Discuss explanations of institutional aggression in the context of prisons.
• 9) Describe and evaluate research into the effects of computer games on aggression.
• 10) Discuss media influences on aggression. Refer to desensitisation, disinhibition, and cognitive priming in your
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