Instutitional Aggression in the Context of Prisons (AQA A Level Psychology)

Exam Questions

15 mins3 questions
11 mark

An expert in institutional aggression focuses on how living conditions and environment can affect prisoner aggression. He visits Sharksville prison where there has recently been a prison riot. He observes the prison accommodation, prison conditions and how decisions about daily routine at the prison are made.

Which explanation for institutional aggression assumes that aggression is due to the institutional environment?

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1a4 marks

An expert in institutional aggression focuses on how living conditions and environment can affect prisoner aggression. He visits Sharksville prison where there has recently been a prison riot. He observes the prison accommodation, prison conditions and how decisions about daily routine at the prison are made.

Describe what the expert could recommend to reduce institutional aggression at Sharksville prison.

1b2 marks

Outline one limitation of the explanation for institutional aggression you have used in your previous answer.

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18 marks

Outline and evaluate the dispositional explanation for institutional aggression in prisons.

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