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INS Nature
arn ngGoals
1 How dohormones affectaggress on
2 Howdo psychopaths whoshowextremeaggress onlevelsprocessemot onalst mul
3 Is there ev dencethatnonnvas vebra nst mulat on affectsaggress on
4 How do genes affect aggress on
5 Is aggress onrelated to bra ndesens t zat on
ead ng Exogenous Testosterone Aggress ve Behav or CarréGen ole
ypothes s Does exogenous testosterone ncreaseaggress ve behav or among men
between subseades gn n healthy adultmen meanage o
IIT
hey were adm n stered e ther t or placebo and played a dec s on mak ng game that measures
aggress ve behav or n response to soc al provocat on Also they measured the var ab l tyamong
Measures
Po ntSubtract on Aggress on Parad gm PSAP po ntga n ng dsteal nggame wetalkedabout t
measure of react ve aggress on
Post PSAP
1 Internat onal Personal ty ItemPoolDom nance Scale IPIP DS measur ng
Dom nance Prest ge scale DPS y tra t dom nance
Br efselfcontrol scale BSC measures tra t
Barratt Impuls veness scale B g self control
esults
d d not promote aggress ve behav or on men who scored h gh n
K Exogenous testosterone
tra t selfcontrol but d d ncrease aggress ve behav or among men who scored h gh n
tra t dom nance and low on tra t selfcontrol
ead ng Bra n on v olentgames Engelhardt BartholowKerrBushmen
Part c pants played a v olent or non v olentv deogame v ewedv olent or nonv olentphotos and
the rbra n act v ty wasbe ng measured Then they gave an unpleasantno seblastto an opponent
Desens t zat on theory
Theorysuggests thatrepeated exposureto v olence maycause hab tuat on towardsnegat vecogn t veemot onal
phys olog cal responses for v olence bloodetc
Hab tual exposure to v olentmed a mayreduce empathy for the
pa n suffer ng of others wh ch should ncrease thel kel hood ofaggress veact
ypotheses part c pantswhowereass gned toplayv olentgames w llshowsmallerP3 eventrelatedabyg fy
tov olentmagescompared to part c pantswhoplayed a nonv olentgame
part c pantswhoplay a v olentgame w ll behave moreaggress vely
P3 el c ted by v olent p ctures would negat vely pred ct aggress ve behav or
art c pants they l sted the r 5 favor te v deo games and the amount they play that game
andalso they ratedthev olence of the content graph cs
art c pants were 18 22 years old
v olentGames Nonv olentbones
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INS Nature
arn ngGoals
1 How dohormones affectaggress on
2 Howdo psychopaths whoshowextremeaggress onlevelsprocessemot onalst mul
3 Is there ev dencethatnonnvas vebra nst mulat on affectsaggress on
4 How do genes affect aggress on
5 Is aggress onrelated to bra ndesens t zat on
ead ng Exogenous Testosterone Aggress ve Behav or CarréGen ole
ypothes s Does exogenous testosterone ncreaseaggress ve behav or among men
between subseades gn n healthy adultmen meanage o
IIT
hey were adm n stered e ther t or placebo and played a dec s on mak ng game that measures
aggress ve behav or n response to soc al provocat on Also they measured the var ab l tyamong
Measures
Po ntSubtract on Aggress on Parad gm PSAP po ntga n ng dsteal nggame wetalkedabout t
measure of react ve aggress on
Post PSAP
1 Internat onal Personal ty ItemPoolDom nance Scale IPIP DS measur ng
Dom nance Prest ge scale DPS y tra t dom nance
Br efselfcontrol scale BSC measures tra t
Barratt Impuls veness scale B g self control
esults
d d not promote aggress ve behav or on men who scored h gh n
K Exogenous testosterone
tra t selfcontrol but d d ncrease aggress ve behav or among men who scored h gh n
tra t dom nance and low on tra t selfcontrol
ead ng Bra n on v olentgames Engelhardt BartholowKerrBushmen
Part c pants played a v olent or non v olentv deogame v ewedv olent or nonv olentphotos and
the rbra n act v ty wasbe ng measured Then they gave an unpleasantno seblastto an opponent
Desens t zat on theory
Theorysuggests thatrepeated exposureto v olence maycause hab tuat on towardsnegat vecogn t veemot onal
phys olog cal responses for v olence bloodetc
Hab tual exposure to v olentmed a mayreduce empathy for the
pa n suffer ng of others wh ch should ncrease thel kel hood ofaggress veact
ypotheses part c pantswhowereass gned toplayv olentgames w llshowsmallerP3 eventrelatedabyg fy
tov olentmagescompared to part c pantswhoplayed a nonv olentgame
part c pantswhoplay a v olentgame w ll behave moreaggress vely
P3 el c ted by v olent p ctures would negat vely pred ct aggress ve behav or
art c pants they l sted the r 5 favor te v deo games and the amount they play that game
andalso they ratedthev olence of the content graph cs
art c pants were 18 22 years old
v olentGames Nonv olentbones
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