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1Living Links, Center for the Advanced Study of Human and Ape Evolution, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, and Psychology Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. dewaal@emory.edu
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 1, 2000
Resumen
La agresión está evolucionando de un instinto antisocial a una herramienta para la negociación. Los vínculos sociales y los comportamientos de reconciliación, observados en los primates, ayudan a manejar los conflictos en las sociedades cooperativas.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ecología del comportamiento Ecología del comportamiento.
- Psicología evolutiva Psicología evolutiva.
- La primatología es la primatología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las visiones tradicionales perciben la agresión como algo únicamente antisocial.
- Los marcos emergentes destacan el papel de la agresión en la competencia y la negociación.
- Las presiones evolutivas dan forma a la expresión de agresión dentro de contextos sociales.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para replantear la comprensión de la agresión.
- Para explorar las limitaciones evolutivas de la agresión.
- Examinar los comportamientos de reconciliación como un mecanismo para la gestión de conflictos.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de los marcos teóricos sobre la agresión.
- Análisis comparativo de la agresión y la reconciliación en primates no humanos (por ejemplo, chimpancés).
- Aplicación de los principios evolutivos al conflicto social humano.
Principales resultados:
- La agresión funciona como herramienta para la competencia y la negociación.
- Las relaciones sociales y la dependencia mutua limitan las exhibiciones agresivas.
- Los comportamientos de reconciliación (por ejemplo, abrazar después de un conflicto) mitigan los efectos disruptivos de la agresión.
- Los ejemplos de primates ilustran los mecanismos evolucionados para manejar la agresión.
Conclusiones:
- La agresión es un comportamiento regulado dentro de los sistemas sociales cooperativos.
- La expresión de la agresión depende del valor de las relaciones sociales.
- Comprender la reconciliación de los primates ofrece ideas sobre cómo manejar la agresión humana.
- Las estructuras sociales proporcionan controles y equilibrios naturales para la resolución de conflictos.
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