PSYCO241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 89: In-Group Favoritism, Oxytocin Receptor, Narcissism
2 Apr 2019
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Coin-toss benefits self vs ingroup (shalvi and de dreu, 2014) In prairie voles, oxytocin treatment after birth, enhanced aggression. In mice, oxytocin decreased aggression towards pups, but increased aggression towards intruders. In squirrel monkeys, oxytocin is associated with enhanced territorial aggression. In rats, aggressive tendencies correlate with oxytocin receptor density. Oxytocin has both positive and negative effects. Including typical strategies for affiliation and social maintenance: can be both positive and negative. Oxytocin and aggression in relationship maintenance: the dark triad. Morals are largely emotion based: we feel that something is wrong, build the rationality later. Disengagement from moral emotions should increase aggression and violence: similar to moral disengagement (reduced self-sanction, i. e. , guilt, shame, anxiety, etc. ) Personality cluster called the dark triad centers on low self-sanctioning: narcissism: selfishness, lack of empathy, recall narcissism x rejection noise blasts, machiavellianism: self-regard, exploitation, disregard for morality, psychopathy: harmful to others, impaired empathy, impulsive.
