Testosterone

• Testosterone is an androgen responsible for the development of male charcteristics and affect the brain
• Dabbs et al found inmates with higher testosterone were more likely to have a conviction of a violent crime
• Data with testosterone is correlational and can't establish cause and effect
• Van Goozen et al - Aggression in trans Ps - Method

  • Repeated measures of 50 trans people
  • Complete questionnaire assessing proness to aggression
  • Female to male given testosterone
  • Male to female given anti-androgens
• Van Goozen et al - Aggression in trans Ps - Findings

  • Female to male had increase in aggression proneness
  • Male to female decrease in aggression
• Van Goozen et al - Aggression in trans Ps - Conclusion

  • Levels of testosterone link to display aggressive behaviours
• Van Goozen et al - Aggression in trans Ps - Evaluation

  • Direction of cause and effect can be established due to controlling levels of testosterone
  • Self-report measures means Ps may have played up to stereotypes