PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Emic And Etic, Physical Attractiveness, Married People

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jens C Pruessner

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Individual factors: dollard: frustration aggression hypothesis: the extent to which people feel frustrated predicts the likelihood that they will be aggressive. (1930) Berkowitz"s cognitive neoassociationistic model: frustration leads to aggression by eliciting negative emotions. Any situation that induces negative emotions can trigger aggression, because it primes cognitive knowledge associated with aggression. University of michigan: compared southern americans and northern americans. As the participants walked by an aggressive male confederate blocking the way, southerners were more likely to be aggressive, and had an increased cortisone and testosterone level. Batson argue that prosocial behaviours are motivated by empathy. Children"s empathic responses to other"s sufferings indicate that prosocial behaviour is hardwired. He created the inclusive fitness concept which describes the adaptive benefits of transmitting genes rather than focusing on individual survival. Kin selection: people are altruistic toward those with who they share genes. Bystander intervention effect (bystander apathy): failure to offer help by those who observe someone in need.