Leon Sloman (1992) How Mood Variation Regulates Aggression
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Psycoloquy 3(03): How Mood Variation Regulates Aggression
HOW MOOD VARIATION REGULATES AGGRESSION
Commentary on Nesse on Mood
Leon Sloman
University of Toronto &
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
250 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5T 1R8
homatid@psych.toronto.edu
Abstract
Nesse's formulation should stimulate productive debate.
I explore the topic from two perspectives. Firstly that mood
variation plays a crucial role in the regulation of aggressive
behaviors and, secondly, that it helps the individual find the most
appropriate level in the social hierarchy. Each perspective
generates conclusions that are compatible with Nesse's.
Keywords
Mood, evolution, natural selection, fitness, emotion,
adaptation, function, depression, psychology, psychiatry.
References
- Bowlby J (1982). Attachment and Loss, Vol I: Attachment, 2nd ed. New York, Basic Books, 1982.
- Sloman L, Gardner R & Price J (1989). Biology of family systems and mood disorders. Family Process 28:387-398.
- Sloman L & Price J (1987). Losing behavior (yielding subroutine) and human depression: Proximate and selective mechanisms. Ethology and Sociobiology 8 (Suppl.) 99-109.
- Please address all further correspondence for Leon Sloman to: homatid@psych.toronto.edu If you have any questions please call Dr. Sloman at (416) 979-6812.