Evolutionary Aggression

Question 1

Evolutionary aggression: protecting…

Answer 1

Self, offspring & resources (& gaining)

Question 2

Evolutionary aggression: asserting…

Answer 2

Dominance

Question 3

Evolutionary aggression: attracting…

Answer 3

Females

Question 4

Evolutionary aggression: Deterring…

Answer 4

Infidelity

Question 5

What type of aggression do women show more of?

Answer 5

Social

Question 6

Evolutionary aggression supporting (murder)

Answer 6

Daly & Wilson found murder motivated by sexual jealousy & paternity

Question 7

Evolutionary aggression supporting (DV)

Answer 7

Dobash & Dobash found links in domestic violence & jealousy

Question 8

Evolutionary aggression supporting (puberty)

Answer 8

Mazur found increase aggr in puberty due to increase interest in attract mates

Question 9

Is Evolutionary aggression empirical?

Answer 9

• No as post-hoc, cannot prove to be true over long period of time

Question 10

Evolutionary aggression socially sensitive?

Answer 10

Yes as could be argued to excuse domestic violence

Question 11

Evolutionary aggression deterministic?

Answer 11

Deterministic because says all people will act specific way due to inherited genes passed through natural selection, does not account for full scope of human behaviour