Aggression due to evolution Flashcards
Famous Darwin quote?
“survival of the fittest”
Why is aggression so important for survival?
Especially in Men aggression was needed so that they can defend their families and fight over limited resources, so this means the men today would have aggressive genes because their ancestors had aggressive genes to survive
What did men look for in Women?
Fertility, strong likelihood of having a baby
What did Women look for in Men?
High status, resources, aggression, strength
What is the Amygdala in control of?
Fight or Flight
What does the Hypothalamus trigger?
The production of testosterone when there is a threat
What does the thalamus pass on?
The warning to other parts of the brain to drop serotonin levels and increase in dopamine levels.
What did shackleford prove?
Men get angry about Women as evolutionary instincts
What is the killer ape theory?
The idea that war and aggression is the driving force in human evolution
What did Sherif et al find after his Robbers cave experiment?
He could turn aggression on/off in people and therefore it cannot be this innate evolutionary idea
What do we know by looking at Charles Whitman?
He had a TBI and then became aggressive, this shows that it wasn’t evolutionary
What does this phrase mean? “Evolutionary theories are post hoc
They cannot be tested a they happen a long time ago
