PSY220H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Shark Attack, Nanking Massacre, Tantrum
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Sources of aggression: humans being animals, humans beings are more animalistic than when they"re in a temper tantrum (whether that"s to save your life, cause you"ve been wronged, protect your territory/protect, defend your honor, mob mentality. Fear - not thinking and it"s an animalistic response (when you"re angry the same thing happens) Violent images (tv, video games: what influences us o. Punishments are much harsher (schools don"t tolerate any violence) Idea of the culture of protecting your integrity: defend your honor - it"s something that you have to do o. England has very low (seems like a civilized society: what the reason is -> they don"t have guns (even police don"t carry guns) The u. s. is a gun culture (born and bred to love their fire arms) Their culture springs out of a gun rebellion. Egypt low murder rate: military oppression. Canada - not as civilized as many other places o. Semi-gun culture: not the only factor that"s at play.
