PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Appeasement, Biological Specificity, Agonistic Behaviour
20 Jan 2016
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Defining the nature form of the interaction: a continuum. Appeasement: ritualized submission, avoidance of visual contact. Or flight escape running away, retreat, avoidance can follow. Based on schneirla"s (1965, 1966) approach withdrawal theory (or theory of biphasic processes) Treptic behaviours (interactions): characterized by approach or withdrawal: apotreptic: causes a conspecific to withdraw; threat, epitreptic: causes a conspecific to approach; appeasement. behaviour. Advantage: makes no assumptions about the intention or the state of the actor. Barett (1981) defines agonistic behaviour as follows: conduct associated with threat [apotreptic behaviour] and the responses to it . Barnett also points out that there are other important effects of an individuals behaviour on an another animal: Self defence of defensive behaviour: protection of property, territory, resources, progeny. Two types: offensive aggression (unprovoked, defensive aggression (reciprocation) In socially sophisticated species, most (all) aggressive behaviours are determined by rank or status.
