PSY220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Deindividuation, Silent Treatment, Tigger
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Stereotypes are a way we navigate the world o. Extremely prone to error: how we can make quick decision about something. What is a group: what allows us to distinguish us vs. them us. Idea that we"re able to categorize who is with us and who"s not a member/with. We go a long way to be explicit about group membership. The most powerful group survives, makes the rules, decides what"s right and wrong, what religion will be practices, what behaviour is normative/acceptable. Enforced by power (death and destruction of the enemy) This is why language, clothing is so important. Makes statements about who we want/don"t want to be associated with o. Ritualized fighting - compete for dominance in their tribe or against outsiders, but not have to kill each other. Species have discovered ways of fighting for mating, food, etc in ways that no one has to die.
