SOC-3800 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Guide: Anxiety Disorder, Social Inequality, Reduced Affect Display
1 Dec 2016
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War: violent conflict between nations or organized groups: peace: the absence of violent conflict. Causes of war: perceived threats, cultural and religious differences, political objectives, moral objectives, wealth, power, and global standing, social problems, absence of alternatives. Aggression vs. violence vs. war: aggression: a feeling, violence: acting upon aggression, war: several people becoming violent together (although does not have to be violent) Is war biological: sociobiology and social darwinism. Social darwinism is the survival of the socially fit. Two primary instincts: to suck and to grasp things. Fight or flight response: the majority"s instinctual response is. Flight is counterproductive to violence and war. to run (flight) instead of fight. Aggression is innate; thus, war is the collective representative. Testosterone vs. estrogen: if violence is innate, men are the violent individuals because they have more testosterone and therefore, are more aggressive. When collective violence occurred, it was ritualistic/show-like. Collective violence typically occurred within a group.
