Liam and Callum are competitive teenage brothers. When preparing for coding competitions at school, they practice programming late into the night to try and achieve higher scores than each other. Their parents give them expensive tech upgrades for achieving top marks in these competitions.
Both brothers train at a local martial arts club competing in sparring tournaments. Their parents praise them highly when they win matches. In a recent tournament, Liam came first and Callum came second. Liam was congratulated and cheered on by a group of female peers. Callum became extremely angry and shoved Liam roughly to the ground.
Evaluate how far operant conditioning and the role of hormones could explain Callum's and Liam's behaviour.
You must make reference to the context in your answer.
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