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Aggression
Term | Definition |
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Limbic system | Is a set of brain structures in the middle of the brain. It's called the 'emotional area' as it responsible for emotions for survival- Fear and aggression. |
Amygdala | A structure in the brain that recognises emotion. E.g a smile =happy, frown = sad, it is also responsible for producing aggression. |
Hormone | A chemical produced by the body that sends messages to organs of the body via the bloodstream |
Testosterone | A male sex hormone produced in the testes and secreted by the adrenal glands, which is need to produce sperm. |
Observational learning | The process of learning from watching others. |
Attention | Paying attention to the person being observed. |
Memory | Being able to remember what we have seen until it is needed. |
Reproduction | Being able to act out what we see- this is modelling as well |
Motivation | The incentive to copy what has been seen. |
Role model | A person who is looked up to. |
Modelling | Observing, identifying with and copying the behaviour of a role model. |
Identification | Feeling like we are similar to a role model (i.e same gender, same age) so we are more likely to imitate them. |
Vicarious reinforcement | Copying someone's behaviour because we have seen them being rewarded for it. |
Nature | What we are born with. |
Nurture | What we learn from the way we are raised. |
Content analysis | research method used to measure the number of times something comes up in a book, news paper article, television programme etc. |
Tally | A single mark to show that a behaviour/category has been found during content analysis. |
Unrepresentative | Limited so that it might not apply to everyone. |
Reliability | Refers to whether findings from a study would be found again if the study was repeated. |
Consent | Permission to take part in a study |
Right to withdraw | A participants right to leave a study at any time and their ability to do so. |
Deception | Being lied to. |
Debreif | Being told the truth about a study when its over. |
Protection of participants | Looking after the rights and welfare of participants to ensure no physical or psychological damage is caused. |
Natural experiment | An experiment where the independent variable is naturally occurring and not set up by the researchers. |
Watershed | When applied to Tv programming it is 9Pm deadline before which programmes (Including cable and satellite programmes) that contain certain levels of violence and sex cannot be broadcast. |
Censorship | Limiting access to certain information if it might be harmful in some way.. |
Moral censorship | Deciding what material is suitable for broadcasting or publishing and what material is not considered moral or suitable. |
Williams et al | A study carried out to investigate the effects on children's behaviour before and after introducing TV to a town. These results were also compared with 2 other towns that did have TV. |
Ramirez et al | A study carried out to investigate whether your culture influences how aggressive you are. |
Competence | A psychologist's ability to conduct a study. |
Anderson and Dill | A study to investigate whether people who played violent video games became aggressive. |
Charlton et al | A study to investigate the effects of television on children's behaviour on the island of St Helena - where there was previously no television. |
Educational Psychologist | A person who works with children and young people in schools to help resolve problems of classroom behaviour or issues such as dyslexia and autism. |
Standardised Test | A type of assessment that an Educational Psychologist might use to measure children's abilities. |
Intervention | Part of the role of an educational psychologist which requires them to actually find a way to solve the problem. |
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) | Continuing to carry out training and research, even after you have qualified in a particular job role. |
(BBFC) British board of film classification | Age ratings e.g 4 year olds films allowed some kissing but not in a sexual way. |