Evolutionary Explanation of Human Aggression

Evolutionary Explanation of Human Aggression

1. Daly and Wilson

   • Claimed men have evolved several different strategies to deter their female partners from committing adultery.

2. Buss

   • Suggest that males have a number of strategies that have evolved specifically for the purpose of keeping a mate. This includes restricting autonomy (direct guarding) and negative inducements in the form of violence or theats of violence to prevent her from straying,

3. Dobash and Dobash

   • Study of battered women have shown that the majority of cases, women cite extreme jealousy on the part of their husbands to be key cause of direct violence.

4. Dell

   • Concluded that sexual jealousy accounted for 17% of all cases of murder in the UK.

5. PIPAT LUEPRASITKUL - A02 CASE STUDY

6. Daley

   • Research suggests that the detection or suspicion of infidelity is a key predictor of partner violence.

7. Camillera

   • Found sexual assault of female by the male partner was directly linked with the perceived risk of her infidelity.

8. Shields and Hanneke

   • Found female victims of partner rape were more likely to have reported engaging in extra-marital sex than women who hadn't been raped by their partner.

9. Daley and Wilson - Uxorocide

   • Death of a partner from physical violence may be an unintended outcome of an evolutionary adaptation that was designed for control rather than death.

10. Shackelford A02

    • Survey method to test evolutionary. Males answered questions about their use of mate retention techniques and how often they performed each of 26 different types of violent acts. Females answered questions concerning their partners use of male retention techniques. Found = MEN USE 2 BROAD TECHNIQUES OF RETENTION TECHNIQUES (INTERSEXUAL NEGATIVE INDUCEMENTS AND DIRECT GUARDING.)

11. Buss and Shackelford A02

    • Found men who suspected that their wives might be unfaithful over the next year exacted greater punishment for a known or suspected infidelity than men who didn't anticipate future infidelities.

12. Takahashi A02

    • Found that using brain imaging, mens neural response to imaging of sexual infidelity was more active then when shown emotional infidelity.

13. Felson IDA Gender Bias

    • Examined 2060 murders in the US and found that women were twice as likely to murder out of jealousy as were men.

14. Camilleri and Quinsey A02

    • Men convicted of raping their partners were twice as likely to experience cuckoldry risks prior to their offence compared to me convicted of non-sexual partner abuse.

15. Burch and Gallup

    • Found the frequency of violent acts towards pregnant mates was roughly double that directed towards partners who weren't pregnant

16. Valladares A02

    • Half a sample of pregnant women physically abused by their partners had suffered blow to the abdomen, designed to increase the probability of aborting the foetus.