PSYC1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ultimatum Game, Analytic Reasoning, Proxemics
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Race is a social construction - really talking about culture race is not genetically identi able culture transmittable similar to genetics (cultural evolution passed on) but doesn"t have to be taken in so less direct. civic duty. Early europeans settling north america came from various countries. Different countries vary in civic duty - extend to which people contribute to the collective rather than the individual. Values and beliefs are culturally transmitted generations down and persist. Differences between proxemics - interpersonal distance/personal space. Temne = single crop harvest once a year - relies on cooperation and coordination. Eskimo = continual hunter gathers on a regular basis. Some societies show the effect but some don"t show any effect. Industrialised countries, typically offer 50% - evidence of fairness. Small-scale societies, offer less and did not reject. Western and eastern societies - holistic and analytic reasoning. Japanese = holistic (focus on background and other aspects of the image/stimulus).
