ETHOLOGICAL EXP OF AGGRESSION EVAL Flashcards

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what are 4 evaluation points for the ethological exp of agg?

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+ research support for IRM

  • research to show cultural differences in aggression
  • research showing aggression is not just ritualistic
  • animal studies outdated not applicable to humans
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what is a strength of the ethological explanation of aggression?

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validity of the ethological explanation is supported by evidence

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what type of evidence supports the ethological explanation of aggression?

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evidence that demonstrates the genetic and physiological basis of aggression

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what evidence is there to support ethological exp?

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evidence support innate releasing mechanisms in the brain has been shown to trigger agg behaviour in humans and other animals

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who conducted evidence into MAOA gene and aggression?

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Brunner et al low variant of MAOA associated with aggressive behaviour, suggests innate basis

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one weakness of the ethological exp of agg is that aggressive behaviour….

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differs between cultures

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who found evidence to show that aggression differs between cultures?

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Nisbett

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what did Nisbett find to show aggression differs between cultures?

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north-south divide in US for homicide rates, showed killings more common amongst white males in south

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what did Nisbett conclude from his study?

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concluded that the difference in homicide was caused by a culture of honour, response to impulsive agg was a learned social norm

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how can you link Nisbett study to ethological theory?

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view of aggression as instinctive, to explain how culture can override innate influences, internal validity of the ethological explanation of aggression is decreased

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there is evidence against what….

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ritualistic aggression

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what evidence is there against ritualistic aggression?

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aggression has been evolved into self-limiting and relatively harmless ritual but challenged by observation

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who researched evidence against ritualistic aggression?

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Goodall

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what did Goodall study and observe?

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observations of chimpanzees, during 4 years male chimps from one community set abt slaughtering all the members of the another group

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victims in Goodall’s experiment showed signs of appeasement but…

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violence hit and bit in an attack lasting 20 mins

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what does Goodall’s experiments show about aggression?

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that signals did not inhibit the aggressive behaviour of the chimps

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Goodall’s evidence against ritualistic aggression lowers the…

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credibility of the explanation

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a limitation of the ethological exp for agg is that Lorenz’s original view is…

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outdated and we can question the application of findings to humans

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what did Lorenz not look at?

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didn’t look at higher mammals such as primates

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what did Tinbergen not look at?

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extreme destructive behaviour that occurs often in human agg

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Lorenz did what from his findings?

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extrapolated the findings of behaviour from individual animals to the behaviour of entire countries and states

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since Lorenz and Tinbergen didn’t thoroughly explore aggression and applied findings to humans, we can question….

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the practical application of the explanation as we don’t know if it generalisable to humans