PSYC 3100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nepotism, Ingroups And Outgroups, Phenotype

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3100
• Professor: Pat Barclay

Document Summary

Kinship applies all across di erent forms of life (eg. evidence of kinship in bees, plants will compete less with their neighbours if they are relatives) Kinship is the best predictor of who helps who > more related to your in-group. Kinship terms of the yatamamo: use the same work for brother as any male relative on the male side but will choose literal brother over distant relative if need be. Prediction: more willingness to tolerate asymmetry of reciprocity in relationships with kin: eg. Garden labour: symmetric relationship (i help you in your garden and you help me) or asymmetric relationship (uneven) > more asymmetry among kin households: eg. Study in israel as iraq bombs them (to provoke them into joining the gulf war), compared people"s everyday interactions and support with war-related support: personal problems, hobbies and socializing occurred with friends.