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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