Identify two species-typical forms of aggression and the hormones that modulate these behaviors

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Intermale aggression occurs between two members of the same sex and species. It is dependent on early testosterone exposure and later adulthood levels of testosterone. Interfemale aggression is less common but can occur in primates just prior to menstruation.

Psychology

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A. General intelligence B. Analytic intelligence C. Fluid intelligence D. Crystallized intelligence

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The basic principles of gradual acquisition, extinction, stimulus generalization, and discrimination apply

a. to both classical and operant conditioning. b. only to classical conditioning. c. only to operant conditioning. d. to learning by animals, but not to learning by people.

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Learned behavior is less prone to extinction if it is conditioned by ____________ reinforcement

A) partial B) negative C) delayed D) continuous

Psychology

Memories of important events that caused an emotional reaction are called

a. flashbulb memories. c. repressed memories. b. autobiographical memories. d. bipolar memories.

Psychology