Recalibrational Theory Explains Anger

The recalibrational theory of anger explains how natural selection designed anger to negotiate better deals. This theory explains its defining characteristics. Anger is responsible for many aggressive acts. Researchers at the Center for Evolutionary Psychology in Santa Barbara, California have been investigating the evolved function of anger. They consider anger a behavior-regulating program. In fact, they claim that anger has been incorporated into the neural architecture of the human species over time. The question is why. The recalibrational model of anger is a computational evolutionary model. It claims that the function of anger is to recalibrate individuals who don’t consider,…