ao3 evolutionary

• support for the role of MRS in aggression. Wilson -women who reported MRS in their partners (they agreed with statements like 'He insists on knowing who you are with, and where you are at all times) were twice as likely to have suffered physical violence from their partner, and 53% of these women said they feared for their lives.

  use of non-physical MRS like direct guarding can pave the path for physical aggression (caused by sexual jealousy) among male partners. proves the role of mate retention strategies in aggression.

  increasing the validity
•  variance in aggression among cultures. !Kung San tribe of the Kalahari desert show that they live in a harmonious way with negative attitudes towards aggression. discouragement of it →aggression is rare among the tribe. the Yanomamo tribe see aggression as an acceptable way of gaining status, and more aggressive tribe than others.

   If aggression is truly evolutionary and innate should be universal. The fact that tribes with different norms have different levels of aggression shows that social norms play a part in aggression too. not been accounted for by the theory, incomplete.
• understanding of bullying as an adaptive behaviour has helped devise anti-bullying interventions. If bullying is innate (and not learnt), Volk -anti-bullying interventions need to increase the cost of bullying and the rewards of pro-social alternatives as just punishing bullying through detentions and exclusions will not be effective. children should be given the opportunity to display strength in a more acceptable manner. participating in sports like rugby. chance to show aggression in such ways will help ensure they show less aggression in inappropriate settings, improving lives.
•  incomplete as it does not account for the role of role models and social interactions. SLT -through processes like observation our experiences with RM around us can lead us to imitating and developing aggression. Bandura, who found that children who observed role models being aggressive towards a bobo doll were more likely to reproduce aggression themselves compared to those who observed non-aggressive role models. fails to account for the impact that role models play in our aggressive behaviour, considered incomplete, undermining its validity.