PSYCH218 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Terror Management Theory, Cognitive Dissonance
30 Jan 2018
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Psych 218: lecture 2 jan 16, 2018. If animals have the capacity for tender emotions, then they also must have the capacity for nasty emotions (like humans). It is na ve to think they only have the capacity for tender emotions. Prerequisites: recognition mental simulation ability, have to be able to think about situations other than ones being fed through senses (other than what is alternatives, allows you to register that something has changed. Koko and michael (gorillas) were friends for many years. Koko was adopted when young, michael was rescued. Believed that michael tried to explain what happened to his mother suggests trauma. Asked to draw love: koko drew pink heart, michael drew a darker painting. Koko"s grief: (cid:862)(cid:272)r(cid:455)i(cid:374)g(cid:863): sou(cid:374)ds gorillas (cid:373)ake (cid:449)he(cid:374) separated. After a few nights, took mi(cid:272)hael"s (cid:271)la(cid:374)kets to her roo(cid:373: transition symbolically integrating his memories into herself. Non-human species have the capacity for past-based recognition.
