EVOLUTIONARY EXP OF AGGRESSION EVAL

Question 1

what are 3 evaluation points for evolutionary explanations of human aggression?

Answer 1

strength of gender differences
strength of real-world application
weakness of cultural differences

Question 2

a strength of the evolutionary exp is that it accounts for ________ differences

Answer 2

gender differences

Question 3

gender differences in agg could be due to socialisation, however research shows…

Answer 3

that differences could be due to adaptive strategies

Question 4

who found research to show that gender differences in aggression can be due to adaption?

Answer 4

Campbell

Question 5

what did Campbell find about gender differences?

Answer 5

found that female with offspring not beneficial to be phy agg because it would harm both
adapt to verbal aggression to retain a partner

Question 6

research into gender differences increases the…

Answer 6

practical app and generalisability because you can apply it to both genders

Question 7

how can you criticise the evolutionary exp for accounting for gender differences?

Answer 7

because some people don’t fit in the box of male or female, so how can we explain their levels of aggression

Question 8

a strength of the evolutionary exp of agg is that there is ____-_____ ___________

Answer 8

real-world application

Question 9

what can we apply to the evolutionary exp to?

Answer 9

bullying and bullying interventions

Question 10

who did research into bullying interventions?

Answer 10

Rigby

Question 11

what did Rigby review?

Answer 11

established interventions based that bullying is a maladaptive behaviour that can be eradicated by addressing the bully’s deficiencies

Question 12

the evolutionary approach acknowledges that bullies…

Answer 12

bully for advantage for themselves, never give up power without reward/compensation

Question 13

what did Volk et al say about anti-bullying interventions?

Answer 13

need to increase the cost of bullying and rewards of prosocial alternatives e.g. sports

Question 14

the ______ _______ of evolutionary explanation is increased due to understanding bullying as a adaptive method

Answer 14

practical application

Question 15

however real life application can be counteracted as….

Answer 15

bullying is still prevalent despite anti-bullying interventions

Question 16

how can you counteract the real-life application of evolutionary exp?

Answer 16

confounding variables such as personality means that not all anti-bullying intervention will work

Question 17

what is a weakness for the evolutionary exp?

Answer 17

substantial cultural differences in agg behaviour

Question 18

who studied tribes and aggression?

Answer 18

Elizabeth Thomas

Question 19

what did Elizabeth Thomas find?

Answer 19

negative attitudes in tribes towards aggression, discouraged from a young age and those who use it are diminished
other tribes see aggression as accepted and required behaviour to again status in a highly structured society

Question 20

what does the lack of research into cultural differences affect?

Answer 20

the population validity

Question 21

how can you counteract the weakness of cultural differences?

Answer 21

richard lee says that homocide rates are high for a ‘peaceful’ tribe, shows interpretivivsts and interpreter bias