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Molly

Cards (2)

  • Kluver and Bucy

    Ev - lesioned monkeys
    when limbic system was lesioned they would display less emotional reactions to fearful or anger provoking stimuli
    Ex - limbic system theory valid - lab based
    El - cause and effect - psych reputation
    c - can never be truly generalised
  • Ferrari (-)

    Ev - fighting rats
    allowed rats to fight for 10 says then measured serotonin and dopamine
    serotonin lowered after aggressive acts
    Ex- serotonin not cause aggression instead aggressive acts may have caused low levels of serotonin - poor cause and effect
    El - can't be used to treat or influence human behaviour
    C - study shows seretonin does have a role so still some validity