Week Eight - Contemporary Work

Question 1

Tremblay and ‘original sin’ thesis..

Answer 1

Physical aggression is the default setting in human behaviour.

It peaks between the ages of two and four years

Usually socialized out of children by the time they enter school

“We took the view that violence, and physical aggression, is a part of us as a species,”…“so the issue is not how we learn it, but rather how we learn to control it” - Nature magazine article

“Early childhood is centrally important, but it’s not determinative, because there are still changes [in behaviour] later on.” (Robert Sampson).