Neural and Hormonal - Aggression [AQA ALevel Psychology]

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This video includes:
Neural and hormonal mechanisms in aggression, including the roles of the limbic system, serotonin and testosterone.

0:00 Intro
0:42 Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms in Aggression
2:04 Limbic System
3:11 Limbic System Evaluations
4:45 Serotonin
6:04 Serotonin Evaluations
6:47 Testosterone
7:55 Testosterone Evaluations
8:40 General Evaluations
12:10 Exam question

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[myheropotatoyt]

great vid thanks for helping with my psychology

[cynicald]

This is helpful! Thanks 🤛 especially re: the amygdala as I'm meant to be covering brain mechanisms

[gracehilton]

When doing a 16 marker, would 3-4 evaluation paragraphs (2 support and 2 challenge) be enough? So with the question at the end of the video, would a strength for neural exp and a weakness for neural exp and a strength for hormonal exp and a weakness for hormonal exp be good?

[lufifoz]

5:55 Is there a source for the short variant MAOA gene causing higher serotonin levels? My course and psych book seem to only mention variants that cause lower serotonin levels rather than higher. Thanks x

[arabella]

when talking about egger and flynn, you said that it suggests the hypothalamus has a role in producing aggressive behaviour but i thought the amydgala was responsible for the production of aggression?

[thomasbrandon]

does the serotonin section fall under a neural explanation?

[yagmurxx]

Hi, are we required to know about oestrogen as an aggressive hormone in women? my teacher included it in the lessons but im not sure wether its specially mentioned on the spec

[SN-cxgg]

Hi, do your videos cover every single AQA specification point as in does it cover everything I need to know for the exams?

[petrockspiracy]

If I hadn't done all my notes for forensic I'd probably do this topic instead.

[sairachoudhury]

How are you gonna give an exam Q but not the answer?? Defeats the purpose tbh.