Categories of Aggressive Behavior

How do we define aggressive behavior?

• different types of aggression have been noted:

  • fear-induced
  • irritation
  • maternal
  • predation (feeding)
  • instrumental
  • territorial
  • intermale
  • sex-related

“social aggression”

competition for

limited resources

food, mates, territories

important for foraging

reproduction and

rearing of offspring

gonadal

steroids

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