Conflict/Aggression Quiz Flashcards
Define Agnostic
Collective term for aggressive behaviors
Define dominance
Behavior designed to achieve or maintain a high status; behavior used to gain power, influence, or assets. Common in humans
What did lorenz contribute to the understanding of aggression
It is inevitable due to inheritance
Why do animals present stereotypies
Fixed and non-fixed behavior tendencies of an animal with no known purpose
Present when an animal is presented to a problem with no solution
Three things that influence aggression in animals
Brain makeup
Neurotransmitters
Hormones
Define thwarting
To prevent the occurence, realization, or attainment of things
To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of themselves or others
May lead to the activation of a second motivational system in an animal which can induce conflict in the animal
Example of displacement activity:
Birds pecking at grass when they are unsure of whether or not to attack their opponent
Dog licking a hot spot
Alternation:
Animal that alternates between two conflicting tendencies
A cow wanting to approach because it is curious but is also scared
Sham dustbathing:
Happens in birds and chinchillas where they have no dust or dirt but perform the same actions of a dust bath
How can learning/experience influence aggression in animals:
If they learn the aggression works, they will do it again
Intention movement
The first stage in a recognized sequence of behavior
Compromise behavior:
Similar to ambivalent behavior but only one pattern is displayed
Ambivalent behavior:
A single pattern that contains components of both tendencies which the animal is conflicted about
What is a vacuum activity:
Thwarting can cause the animal to perform the a behavior without a stimulus
Innate fixed action patterns
Performed in the absence of the external stimulus that normally causes the behavior
Abnormal behavior
Hard to identify because the behaviors only occur in the absence of stimuli
