PSYC 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Schadenfreude, Striatum, Paralanguage
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Proxemics study of personal space, separation between people: vary between cultures, genders, social situations, environment. Edward hall father of proxemics, space ourselves relative to other people: intimate, personal, social, public. Uzzell study: gender identity and ipd: whether male/masculine regardless of gender stood further away than compared to female/feminine. Violations of ipd culturally insensitive; repulsion, agression, Bailenson - study: (avatars) male/female walking towards you, avoidance. Magnitude: men walking toward you, move further away than if female (direct gaze) towards men. Tajadura- jimenez - study: impact of music valence on ipd: positive music stand closer, tolerate closer spacing. Adolphs study: amygdala and ipd: person with amygdala lesions didn"t feel discomfort regardless of ipd; Lacked sense of personal space: amygdala activation when someone standing close to you v. further away. Greene emotionality and logical reasoning plays a role in moral reasoning: footbridge more emotional, high-conflict; most people said no they wouldn"t push man off bridge to save 3 lives.
