Problem 1: People often assume that instinctual theories are pessimistic and learning theories optimistic about the future of war. Neither assumption, however, is always true. Why not?
Problem 2: Assuming war is a learned behavior, how is it "learned"?
Problem 3: Why might it be best to view war as the result of both instinctual and learned behaviors?
Problem 4: What does the phenomenon of pseudo-specification tell about the instinctual basis of war?
Problem 5: Why is the distinction between aggression and violence potentially critical for understanding the causes of war?
Explain briefly the following terms: 1. appeasement gesture 2. dehumanization 3. disequilibrium 4. ethologists 5. evolutionary lag 6. hierarchy 7. instinct 8. instrumental violence 9. Konrad Lorenz 10 nature versus nurture 11. nonfilers 12. peaceful societies 13. pseudo-specification 14. spacing 15. stimulus and response.