Human Ethology

[Ink]

Since a lot of topics of status, flirting etc have been on here lately I found this I'd like to share with you...

http://www.reocities.com/protopop_1999/faq_tre.html

Abbreviations that will give you some idea of what it's about:

RP rank potential, the capability (perhaps, unrealized) to have high ranks in a hierarchy.
HR a human with a high RP.
LR the same, with a low RP.
HP a human with a high primativeness, who tends to rely on instinctive programs in practice.
LP the same, with a low primativeness, so as to be able to behave contrary to instincts.

 

[Philovitist]

Eh. The article writer could use a better grounding in psychology. >.>

What it discusses is comparative psychology, not any ethology, which is specifically concerned with non-humans.

Behavioural patterns common to all people and animal "relatives" are the instinctive ones.

And now I'm completely turned off. That is not how scientists identify instincts. The article doesn't even have a formal definition of instinct. It's doubtful that it was written by anyone in the field.