PSYCH 3M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Appeasement, Catechol, Hypothalamus
24 Dec 2015
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Usually directed at other species (interspecies) to obtain food. You don"t threaten your prey, you pounce expectantly because you want to capture them not scare them away. Almost all animals male fight more with each other than with females or f-f. Within species, competition for limited resources (e. g. food, mates) Males are more reluctant to attack females of their own species than other males. E. g. elephant seals high polygyny and 1/10 males usually mates; they spend a lot of their time fighting with each other. Baboons few adult males and many females and a lot of juveniles of equal sex ratio. Protection of young by mother (usually from males who attack young not sired by them) Induced by frustration or pain usually in situations where the individual does not get the desired reward. Dispassionate, learned and developed via conditioning, influenced by rewards. Commonly seen in humans related to developed cortex o.
