PSYC 3450 Lecture 19: PSYC3450 - March 29th, 2016
31 Mar 2016
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Continued from previous day: evolutionary function of aggression in the primal horde: Chapter 13 - extrafamiliar in uences ii: peers as socialization agents - lecture 1. Hierarchies? (1974 discovery) - 1st emperor china. (3cbce) 8,000 soldiers. All have different headdresses, generals are taller . all indicate hierarchies. It is clear that chimps, wolves, etc. have dominance hierarchies (alpha male) What is the function or point of alpha males . Hierarchies are linked to sex, especially for men (cid:5) What question would you ask to identify the: (cid:4) (cid:5) Popular, leaders, decision-makers, dominant, attractiveness, toughness, competitive/ aggressive, manipulative, intimate. We are looking here at social status . Review questions: popularity : describe the sociometric technique most typically used to determine peer acceptance (sociometric popularity) (3 marks) Discuss only the notion of stages, stage salient issues, and that stages are causally linked. Use two of the presented stages as an example (only a general answer is needed here).
