The Implicit Rules of Combat

Human Nature

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 496-516

  Romero, Gorge A ^a   Pham, Michael N ^b   Goetz, Aaron T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Contextual violence; Fighting behavior; Intrasexual competition; Social learning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916234312     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: 19364776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-014-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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