PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Butch And Femme, Bobo Doll Experiment, Spreading Activation

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2C03
• Professor: Sarah Clancy

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Specifically meant to inflict pain on someone. The goal is to hurt someone to achieve another goal. Being aggressive might help us to be a better mate or to survivor. Allows us to pass on our genes. Females tend to use less physically methods of aggression. Females putting down other females would be intrasexual competition. Could also be, females select males who have the best access to resources. If you are able to have more children, you have more chances to pass on your genes. Those who are aggressive, would have more resources. Aggression may scare away other men and prevent females from cheating. Testoroance is a hormone that causes males to be more aggressive. Females might be aggressive to protect their offsprings. Predicts that differences emerge after socialization begins. These differences should increase with increased socialization. Differences emerge when we are very young. These differences should be largest during highest reproductive activity. And they should last up until adulthood.