Elena is a 17-year-old competitive ice hockey player who has recently been showing aggressive behaviour.
During a tournament, she violently shoved an opponent into the boards after a clean tackle, shattered her hockey stick against the goalpost after conceding a goal, and later engaged in a hostile, shouting argument with her coach when criticised about her performance.
Describe how hormones could explain Elena's aggressive behaviour.
88 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Central nervous system and neurotransmitters, Effect of recreational drugs on transmission, Brain structure and aggression, Evolution and natural selection, Freud's psychodynamic explanation of aggression, Role of hormones in aggression, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.