evolutionary explanation Flashcards
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what is evoloutionary explanation based off of
natural selection
what is sexual jealousy
occurs when men cant be certain if offspring is theirs so they act aggressive as a strategy to retain partners
what are the 2 male retention strategies
direct guarding- tracking partners behaviour
negative inducements - threats
researche rof male retention strategies
wilson 1996
what are the stats between male retention strategies and physical violence
73% needed medical attention
53% feared their life
what is male bullying- volk et al
they bully as its attractive to females so more likely to have reproductive sucess
what is female bullying- campbell
controll partner so they gather resources for them and offspting so reproductive sucess
why does bullying happen
occurs due to power imbalance
its an adaptive strategy to increase survival
powerful picking on weak
stregnth of evolutionary
real world application
reduces bullying
weakness of evolutionary
cultural differences
kung san people are not aggressive and its discouraged so its learnt and not adaptive
issues and debates for evolutionary
biologically determinist