PY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Amygdala, Classical Conditioning, Prosocial Behavior

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PY 105
• Professor: Scrivner- Limbaugh

Document Summary

Butterflies turn into compassion: the loss of passion lead to dissatisfaction and often to the eventual dissolution of the relationship. Attachment styles in adulthood related to childhood. Idealization: people who fall in love and maintain that love tend to be biased toward positive views if their partners, idealization appears to buffer a relationship against the ugly truths that might threaten it. Aggressive vs altruistic behaviors: what"s aggressions. Any behavior with the intent to harm someone. Biology: septum, amygdala, hypothalamus= changes in aggression, removing the amygdala of normally aggressive monkeys, they became tame, enhanced serotonin in monkeys enhanced aggression, low levels of serotonin in humans enhanced aggression, hormones. Violent criminals, physical athletes= higher testosterone level. The extent to which people feel frustrated predicts the likelihood that they will be aggressive. Circumstances interfering with goals: cognitive- neoassociationistic model. Frustration leads to aggression by eliciting negative emotions. Bad events negative emotions aggression. Social and cultural factors: evolutionary approach.