PSYC 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Orgasm, Condom, Affective Forecasting
2 Oct 2017
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Many studies have found that people often unconsciously imitate others. Especially likely to mimic the emotions of others. Oxytocin is a hormone and neurotransmitter involved in caregiving and monogamous mating in non-human animals. Oxytocin is also released during human childbirth, breastfeeding, and orgasm. People were more than twice as likely to give away maximal amounts of money to a stranger in the trust game after inhaling oxytocin. Emotions can influence how we process information and make judgements. Many moral judgements are quick, effortless, and based on immediate emotional. Do you think these actions are wrong: yes, no, more or less. What would you do if you were steve? would you hit the switch to turn the trolley and kill one person instead of five? iclicker question #3. What would you do if you were steve? would you push the guy on the bridge and kill him instead of five people: yes, no.
