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Jun 2023
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#637 - Tony Volk - The Evolutionary Psyc...

Chris Williamson
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Tony Volk is a psychologist, professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Brock University, a researcher and an author.

Almost everyone will encounter bullying at some point in our lives. Be it in school, sports or even at the workplace, there seems to be no shortage of individuals ready to prey on others. But why does bullying exist? Why is it so ubiquitous? And what are the adaptive reasons why people engage in it?

Expect to learn whether bullying actually serves any purpose in society, whether bullying is heritable from parents, what factors can predict whether you will be a bully, whether broken homes make bullying kids, which people are most likely to be victim, whether bullying has got worse over time, what to do if you're the parent of a bully or a victim and much more...

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