PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Tibetan Buddhism, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, Psych

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310
• Professor: Saba Safdar

Document Summary

Psych 2310 cultural context of violence november 12 2013. Frequency of violence: statistics on murder rates according to interpol. Norway: 0. 9 murders in 100,000, considered very safe. Usa, 5. 6 in 100,000, considered medium violence. Types of violence: types of violence differ across culture. Usa: gun related violence and it tends to involve individuals rather than groups. Middle east, africa, eastern europe, and parts of south. America: group attacks in political, ethnic, tribal conflict form. A phenomenon referred to as football hooliganism. Non-violent societies: balinese (indonesian island of bali, inuit (arctic regions) These societies reject aggressive behavior and understand how to control anger: tibetan buddhist society in northern india. Peaceful individuals: zapotec (native american society in southern mexico, violence is related to the certain values that groups have. Ecology and aggressive behavior: truks live in pacific island. Men are violent fighters, compete with one another in physical contests, and are protective of women.