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Key Questions - Coggle Diagram

- - - - What are the biological (‘nature’) explanations of aggression?
      - Structure of the brain- could give scans to identify potential perpetrators (e.g. people who have low prefrontal cortex activity, high occipital lobes activity, low corpus callosum activity) and target intervention programmes towards them (anger management)
      - Evolution – VERY UNETHICAL TO GO NEAR STERILISATION PROGRAMMES! Avoid this concept
      - Hormones- could give hormone therapy to those with very high testosterone – increase levels of cortisol to reduce the effects of testosterone on aggression
    - - How does Raine et al’s study support the ‘nature’ (brain structure) explanation of aggression?
- - - - AO3- strengths and weaknesses
        
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    - - Anti-anxiety medication could be used as an alternative
      - E.g. benzodiazepines
      - Work by correcting an imbalance of neurotransmitters
      - Anxiety is felt as a physical response, t/f maybe it needs a physical treatment
      - When you do bio, you will see there are arguments that anxiety is caused by biological factors too, t/f needs biological treatment
      - LINK to KQ – airlines could offer specialist pharmacies in airports
- - - - AO2- Semantic memory seems to be lost separately, because sufferers may recognise a friend but forget their name. Schmolck et al’s study into semantic LTM applies to this, because they found semantic LTM is stored in a different part of the brain. The idea of schemas from Reconstructive Memory explains why dementia may be lifted when patients hear old songs, play childhood games or visit familiar-looking places.