Evolutionary explanation of
sporting events
 In modern society, tribal war fare has been replaced by
sporting events in which different teams represent
their tribes.
 Best Goal Celebrations – YouTube
Millwall vs West Ham incidents - YouTube
Task
 In 3s, you have 5 minutes to answer the question:
 “How can evolutionary psychology explain group
display (both players and supporters) at sporting
events”.
 Be prepared to feedback to the class.
Task 2- cutting and sticking
 You must elaborate on the links- write additional information
down.
 Work out which bits (4 ) are the theory and stick down.
 Find the IDA points and stick them down.
 Now watch this video- take note of how he is explaining how
aggression occurs in sports
 http://www.psych205.com/evolutionary-explanations-ofgroup-display-in-humans-for-example-sport-andwarfare.html
 Then work out which 2 bits are the supporting evidence –
stick them down and ground them to the theory.
 Then decide which are AO3 points and stick them down.
 Then stick all the wider evaluation points down in an order
that you judge fits best, and add any additional comments
where necessary.
Plenary
 Put your initials on the continuum as to how good you
think the adaptive explanation is of group display.