Psychology A-Level
Ritualised aggression
What Ritualised aggression means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Ritualised aggression
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Fights within a species that are ritualistic and end in appeasement displays, settling hierarchy and spreading animals over territory without killing.
Topics that use Ritualised aggression
- Aggression (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Catharsis and its evidential problems
- Cognitive priming
- Disinhibition
- Environmental cues and the weapon effect
- Frustration, drive and displacement
- Importation against deprivation
- Limbic system
- Meta-analysis
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