Testosterone responses to competition predict future aggressive behaviour at a cost to reward in men

Carré, Justin M.; Putnam, Susan K.; McCormick, Cheryl M.

doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.018

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“…Researchers argue that testosterone (T)-a widely studied sex hormone-has evolutionary relevance for human survival and sexual reproduction, and this appears to be especially true for men. For instance, research implicates baseline T, as well as acute changes in T, as a modulating factor in: human dominance and status seeking behaviour; decisions to compete with, or aggress against, same-sex individuals; resiliency to status threats; and mating behaviour-all of which have important implications for attracting mates, and fending off rivals (Archer, 2006;Carré & McCormick, 2008;Carré, Putnam, & McCormick, 2009;Caswell, Bosson, Vandello, & Sellers, 2014;Ehrenkranz, Bliss, & Sheard, 1974;Josephs, Newman, Brown, & Beer, 2006;Schaal, Tremblay, Soussignan, & Susman, 1996;Sellers, Mehta, & Josephs, 2006;Slatcher, Mehta, & Josephs, 2011).…”

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“…For instance, research in humans shows that men with higher testosterone are more likely to exhibit high status and dominance, to engage in more status seeking behaviour, or to pursue mates with greater effort (Archer, 2006;Carré, Putnam, & McCormick, 2009;Ehrenkranz, Bliss, & Sheard, 1974;Josephs, Newman, Brown, & Beer, 2006;Schaal, Tremblay, Soussigman, & Susman, 1996).…”

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

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Hormones and Behavior

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Correlational research suggests that men show greater attraction to feminine female faces when their testosterone (T) levels are high. Men's preferences for feminine faces also seem to vary as a function of relationship context (short versus long-term).However, the relationship between T and preferences for female facial femininity has yet to be tested experimentally. This thesis examined the causal role of T in modulating preferences for facial femininity across both short and long-term mating contexts, using two separate experiments. Results of Experiment 1 (within-subject design, n = 24)showed that participants significantly preferred feminized versus masculinized versions of women's faces. Further, participants showed a stronger preference for feminine female faces in the short-versus the long-term context after they received T, but not after they received placebo. Post-hoc analyses suggest that this effect was driven by a lower preference for feminine faces in the long-term context when on T relative to placebo.Results from Experiment 2 (between-subject design, n = 93) were highly consistent with those of Experiment 1: men demonstrated a significant preference for feminized female faces in the short-versus the long-term context after T, but not after placebo administration, and this effect was driven by lower preferences for feminine faces in the long-term context when on T relative to placebo. Collectively, these findings provide the first causal evidence that T modulates men's preferences for facial femininity as a function of mating context.

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Section: Testosteronementioning

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

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“…A popular alternative measure in studies of aggression in humans is the Point Subtraction Aggression Paradigm (PSAP) (Pope et al, 2000;Carré and McCormick, 2008;Carré et al, 2009Carré et al, , 2013Carré et al, , 2016. In this task, subjects can sacrifice their own points in order to reduce the points of an opponent who has previously stolen points from them.…”

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Testosterone administration does not affect men's rejections of low ultimatum game offers or aggressive mood

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Roberts

Spencer

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Correlative evidence suggests that testosterone promotes dominance and aggression. However, causal evidence is scarce and offers mixed results. To investigate this relationship, we administered testosterone for 48h to 41 healthy young adult men in a within-subjects, double-blind placebo-controlled balanced crossover design. Subjects played the role of responders in an ultimatum game, where rejecting a low offer is costly, but serves to destroy the proposer's profit. Such action can hence be interpreted as non-physical aggression in response to social provocation. In addition, subjects completed a self-assessed mood questionnaire. As expected, self-reported aggressiveness was a key predictor of ultimatum game rejections. However, while testosterone affected subjective ratings of feeling energetic and interested, our evidence strongly suggests that testosterone had no effect on ultimatum game rejections or on aggressive mood. Our findings illustrate the importance of using causal interventions to assess correlative evidence.

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“…With regard to biological changes, mounting evidence shows that variations in levels of Dopamine, Testosterone, Serotonin, and Norepinephrine in body by growing may be one of the major causes of this issue. For instance, boys develop violent behaviors in their maturity age since the level of Testosterone rises drastically and different studies have asserted a direct relationship between blood testosterone level and violent behaviors (10). Lack of considering this issue and dealing improperly with a child developing nasty behaviors, due to increasing testosterone level can result in more violent behaviors.…”

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School, A Place to Learn Social and Antisocial Behavior

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2014

Int J School Health

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Background:The main goal of sending children to school is to educate and teach them ethical conducts. But do they learn social behaviors out in these schools? Most of students after Entring School and facing new environment and not being monitored by their observant parents become exposed to antisocial behaviors and learn them from their peers. This trend is intensified and hard to control by forming peer groups. Evidence Acquisition: The information and data gathered from library and internet searches. Most articles were searched via sciencedirect. com search engine. Keywords used to access hundreds of papers included antisocial behavior, school and crime, peer groups, age and crime, crime prevention, aggression and violence. The most related articles were selected after consulting and thoroughly reading the downloaded articles. Many articles were excluded owing to their simplistic content and repetitive information. Results: Mounting evidence indicates that schooling can have large amount of unexpected negative effect on pupils. Students learn antisocial behavior from other students and sometimes from their own teachers. Perhaps remarkably, children's biological changes could manifestly affect their behaviors and turn them into aggressive characters. Conclusions: To date, hundreds of researches have been carried out in order to identify antisocial behavior in schools. It is time to take one step further to minimize these adverse behavioral conducts and shape a moral personality. Therefore, the first step to create a social character during school years is to caution against factors leading to antisocial behaviors including peers. In the next step, implementing appropriate curricula can considerably affect children's behaviors.

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Testosterone responses to competition predict future aggressive behaviour at a cost to reward in men

Cited by 176 publications

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Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

Effects of exogenous testosterone and mating context on men's preferences for female facial femininity

Testosterone administration does not affect men's rejections of low ultimatum game offers or aggressive mood

School, A Place to Learn Social and Antisocial Behavior

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