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1. Aggression
Crash course psychology video - Aggression
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2. Neural Explanations
Neural explanations of Aggression (AO1 and AO3) CSK
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Information - The role of the limbic system in aggression
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Video - The role of the amgdala in criminal behaviour
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Article - The biological basis of aggression
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Information - What actually is the limbic system?
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Video - The biology of aggression
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Video - Aggression and the brain
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Science daily article - 'Serotonin levels affect the brain's response to anger'
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A3 task
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3. Hormonal Explanations
Hormal Explanations of Aggression AO1 & AO3 CSK
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Discuss hormonal and neural explanations - model answers CSK
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Information 4
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Information 5
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Simply psychology link - Hormonal role in aggression
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Information - hormones and neurotransmitters involved in aggression
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Slideshare - The hormonal explanations of aggression
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Video - How does chemical castration work? (practical applications)
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Research - Serotonin levels affect the brain’s response to anger
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3. Genetic Explanations
Genetic Explanations AO1 & AO3 CSK
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Genetic Explanations AO1 reading & AO3 examples CSK
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Wider reading /Essay Format CSK
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APFC Brunner
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Brunner et al - Research
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Article - Genetic factors in aggression
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Simply psychology link - genetics of aggression
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Video - 'The warrior gene'
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Lecture by Prof. Steve Jones - A Genetic Predisposition for Crime
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Short documentary - The warrior gene
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4. Ethological Explanation
Ethological Explanation AO1 & AO3 CSK
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Ethological explanation - wider reading CSK
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Journal article 'Psychological Medicine' - ethology and aggression
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Journal article from 'International Journal of Law and Psychiatry'
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Article - The cycle of violence as an ethological phenomenon
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5. Evolutionary Explanations of Aggression
Evolutionary Explanations AO1 & AO3 CSK
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Evolutionary Essay - Student Model Answer 1 CSK
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Evolutionary Essay - Student Model Answer 2 CSK
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Evolutionary Approach - Wider reading CSK
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Wider reading Article
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Article - Clare's Law
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Scientific Article
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Podcast - The evolution of war
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Video - Dr Potts lecture "Sexual Aggression and Risk Taking: Are We That Different from Chimps?"
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6. Frustration-aggression hypothesis - Social psychological explanation
Video - Does frustration cause aggression when playing video games?
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Gaurdian article - Screw you! The psychology of anger and aggression
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Links to research task
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Links to research - mark scheme
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4. How does deindividuation explain aggression? (social psychological explanation)
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Deindividuation information
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Zimbardo (1969) deindividuation study information
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Lesson
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Journalism task
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Evaluation of deindividuation
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3. What is the Social Learning Theory of aggression? (social psychological explanation)
Social learning theory explained
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Website - Outlining Bobo doll experiment
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Information about SLT
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video - Crash course psychology: The Bobo beatdown
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SLT lesson
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Practical task
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Topic 10
10. What is institutional aggression and how is it explained?
BPS article: situational factors in instituional aggression - further reading URL
A further documentary exemplifying the importation model - URL
Video lecture - Male risk taking
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Institutional aggression - lesson
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Delisi (2004) - Journal article
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11. What influence does the media have on aggression?
Article - The Impact of Media Violence: Scientific Theory and Research
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Article - Does the media cause children to become desensitized to violence?
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Article -Do violent video games increase aggression? (psychology today article)
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Article - The effects of violence in the media
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Evaluation worksheet
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Information - Aggression: Media Influences and Disinhibition
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Information - Aggression: Media Influences & Desensitisation
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Lesson - media
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Card sort AO1
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12. Revision
Aggression - Topic checklist (what you need to know)
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