SOCI 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Reductionism, Rape Culture, Victim Blaming
12 Jun 2016
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High levels of testosterone and high levels of aggression are positively correlated o. But high levels of testosterone do not elevate aggression - high levels of aggression actually elevate testosterone; testosterone has an effect only on already present aggression: monkeys in hierarchy --> take the 3rd ranked monkey (of 5) His aggression will increase in relation to the bottom two that he treated like dirt. Will not change the way that he treats the upper 2. This shows - testosterone only has an effect on aggression that is already present. This also depends a lot on social conditioning. Biological reductionism: the tendency to ascribe all variation in human behaviour to genes, hormones, or physiology. Removing testosterone from people who have had a life of aggression has almost no affect on their levels of aggression o. Shows that socialization is more important than testosterone. The rape article has a lot of problems.
