Evolutionary Explanation of Aggression
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Summary
Sexual Jealousy
Murder
Keywords: Reproductive challenges, sexual jealousy, MRS (mate-retention strategies), Negative inducements, Direct guarding, Reproductive success, Uxorocide, Cuckoldry
- Buss (1988)
- Daly and Wilson (1998)
Keywords: Male-male killings, Last resort, Lack of resources, Lesson competition, Threat to status
- Buss and Duntley (2006)
- Focus on males using MRS making it androcentric.
- Research shows women use just as much as men
- Beta Bias
- Needs to be revised
- GENDER BIAS
- Shackelford et al. (2005)
- Positive correlation between use of MRS and the experience of female-directed violence
- Supports use of MRS
- More reliable
SUPPORTING RESEARCH +
- Use of MRS (such as direct guarding) is an indication of abusive relationship.
- Educating females to see the signs.
- Pro-social consequences as useful to society.
+ PRACTICAL USE
- Recalling stressful time in their life where they were abused (physically/emotionally) by partner.
- Issue of psychological harm.
- Must be wary when conducting such studies.
ETHICS -
- Cannot explain cultural differences in aggression.
- !Kung San tribe children rarely show aggression.
- Explanation cannot explain why they do if aggression is innate (result of evolution).
- Limited because ignores factors such as cultural teachings that have effect on aggression.
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES -
- Daly et al. & Dell
- Reviewed same sex killings in love triangle relationships.
- 90% was male-male murders
- More reliable
+ SUPPORTING RESEARCH
- SLT (Social Learning Theory)
- Expression of aggression is learnt through observation of perceived role models rather than a result of evolution.
- Better theory as it can be used to explain cultural differences in aggression whereas evolutionary explanation cannot.
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH -
Evolutionary
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Evolutionary
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