SOCI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sociobiology, Social Darwinism, Reality Principle
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Stefan stieglitz: new information takes time to be believed. Jacqui taylor: there is pressure to react instantly in order to be part of the group and in the know", an increase in group think. Personality: a persons fairly consistent patterns of thinking feeling and acting. John b watson: behaviourism, specific behaviour patterns aren"t instinctive or natural, they are learned, social isolation. Sociobiology the study of how biology affects behaviour. Freud: three parts of the personality: id instinctual, self-serving, hedonistic, eros (sex, life, great to be alive) and thanatos (death, ego based on the reality principle, superego the moral conscience of the individual.
