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KEY QUESTION - What are the implications for society if aggression is…
KEY QUESTION - What are the implications for society if aggression is found to be caused by nature and not nurture?
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Ethical concerns
If we cannot be blamed if aggression is natural, then is it morally right to imprison aggressive individuals?
Anxiety + depression gain sympathy from society, anger and aggression are punished - both are emotions, is the fact that one brings sympathy and another blame fair of society?
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Raine et al (1997)
Study found brain differences (using PET scans) in those charged with murder pleading NGRI and non-murders - this is evidence for nature, biological factors are the cause of predetermined aggression
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Hormones
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High testosterone links to high activity in the aggression centre - evidence for nature, hormones are biology
Evidence for nurture - cortisol is a stress hormone, its release is triggered by stressors in the environment
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