• CHYS 2P10
Lecture 10. Aggression and Altruism
• Dr. Tony Volk
•
• Course Business
• One final review/summary lecture next week
• Final Grades
• Regrettably, we don’t have the capacity to offer extra assignments for marks
• If you have concerns with your grade, make sure you get all of your participation grades,
hand in a strong paper and…contact your TA or myself with any questions about the
content for the final exam
• Aggression
• Aggression is found amongst all kinds of animals
• Recently, aggression has been viewed as not purely maladaptive
• Aggression has functional benefits to those who use it
• 3
• McGill Fight Club (Mississauga, NYC, Manitoba)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7XuXi3mqYM
• Yanomamo Man With Bow
, • Yanomamo Toddler With Bow
• Yanomamo Unokais
• Delinquent Behavior
• A significant proportion of delinquent behavior is thought to be caused by adolescents
• Moffitt suggests that delinquency may be the result of late teens trying to enter the world
of adults by committing adult acts
• Harris suggests that delinquency is the result of trying to establish an identity uinque
from mainstream adult society
• YMS
• Daly & Wilson believe that it is YMS, or Young Male Syndrome
• Young men compete with each other to gain status
• Status allows men to get more/better mates
• Poverty and Violence
• Developmental Trajectory of Aggression
• Aggression peaks in the early preschool/JK years
• As children get older, physical aggression decreases compared to other forms
• Transition to middle school is an important source of renewed conflict
• Aggression Development
• Social Processing & Aggression
Lecture 10. Aggression and Altruism
• Dr. Tony Volk
•
• Course Business
• One final review/summary lecture next week
• Final Grades
• Regrettably, we don’t have the capacity to offer extra assignments for marks
• If you have concerns with your grade, make sure you get all of your participation grades,
hand in a strong paper and…contact your TA or myself with any questions about the
content for the final exam
• Aggression
• Aggression is found amongst all kinds of animals
• Recently, aggression has been viewed as not purely maladaptive
• Aggression has functional benefits to those who use it
• 3
• McGill Fight Club (Mississauga, NYC, Manitoba)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7XuXi3mqYM
• Yanomamo Man With Bow
, • Yanomamo Toddler With Bow
• Yanomamo Unokais
• Delinquent Behavior
• A significant proportion of delinquent behavior is thought to be caused by adolescents
• Moffitt suggests that delinquency may be the result of late teens trying to enter the world
of adults by committing adult acts
• Harris suggests that delinquency is the result of trying to establish an identity uinque
from mainstream adult society
• YMS
• Daly & Wilson believe that it is YMS, or Young Male Syndrome
• Young men compete with each other to gain status
• Status allows men to get more/better mates
• Poverty and Violence
• Developmental Trajectory of Aggression
• Aggression peaks in the early preschool/JK years
• As children get older, physical aggression decreases compared to other forms
• Transition to middle school is an important source of renewed conflict
• Aggression Development
• Social Processing & Aggression
