ethological

Question 1

ritualistic aggression

Answer 1

series of behaviour carried out in a set order
- threat displays
- appeasment displays

Question 2

innate releasing mechanism

Answer 2

IRM - identifies threat stimuli
- activated by sign stimulus
- triggers a fixed action potential

Question 3

fixed action potential

Answer 3

sequence of behaviours
characteristics
- universal
- ballistic
-innate

Question 4

reasons why aggression is adaptive

Answer 4

1. increased chance of survival
2. increased social status

Question 5

strengths

Answer 5

research support - goodell
- observed chimps and found that rival communities slaughtered each other in a systematic fashion despite appeasment and ritualistic signals being displayed to victims
- supports the idea that once a releaser has triggered the irm it will always lead to fap

research support - bio basis of irm and fap
- link between maoa sctivity and levels of aggression as evidence for the heritability of irm and fap systems
- due to aggressive behaviour being triggered by increased levels of test which must have been proceded by exposure to a releaser which triggered the irm

tinbergen presented male stickle backs with wooden models - the red underneath the models triggers the irm which led to fap

Question 6

limitations

Answer 6

hunt provided evidence that the duration of each behaviour within each fap may vary between individuals - environ and social factors may have significant influences on the course of the fap

irm cannt be generalised to humans as humans have free will and animals dont