Evolutionary Flashcards
What is the evolutionary theory
Focuses on the adaptive nature of behaviour, I.e modern behaviours are believed to have evolved because they solved challenges faced by our distant ancestors and so become more widespread in the gene pool
What are the three key components about the evolutionary theory
we aggress for due to Sexual competition, sexual jealousy, and aggression in warfare
Issues with evolutionary of aggression
Gender differences, for instance print found that parents are more likely to punish boys than girls for bad conduct, prinz believes that this could increase male aggression. As girls learn to be less powerful than boys, and so girls might be more socially aggressive than physically