PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Masculinity, Tibetan Buddhism, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate
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1999 2001: norway . 9 per 100,000, canada 1. 8 per 100,000, usa 5. 6 per 100,000, russia 22. 0 per 100,000, south africa 55. 6 per 100,000, new guinea 683 per 100,000. Types of violence: types of violence differ across culture, usa: gun related violence and it tends to involve individuals rather than group, middle east, africa, eastern europe, and parts of south america: groups attack in political ethnic, tribal conflict form, europe: violent mobs during football", a phenomenon referred to as football hooliganism". Ecology & aggressive behaviour: truks live in pacific island, men are violent fighters, compete with one another in physical contests, and are protective of women (nisbett, 1990, men tend to have many women and children, fish in the open sea need to be quite courageous in order to survive, explore their environment, tahitians live in pacific island, men are peaceful and cooperative and do not overprotect their women (nisbett,