PSYC 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Ingroups And Outgroups, Naturalistic Fallacy, Sexual Selection

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3110
• Professor: Pat Barclay

Document Summary

Outline lecture 17 conflict 1: introduction to conflict & basic concepts. Acquisition of resources: aggression as risky hawk strategy. Violence as deterrent: sexual selection & reproductive variance: more variance in male reproduction. Evolution of risk-taking: nothing to lose (e. g. some males, especially under polygyny: violence by those with less to lose. Sex differences in violent conflict (males more physically violent) If we have time, we"ll cover the following: in-group favouring. Tendency for people to favour their groups over other groups on many measures. There is much more variation within the so-called races than there is between them. Anyone who tries to tell you anything about race differences is not very biologically sophisticated.