PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Realistic Conflict Theory, Kevin Costner, Circadian Rhythm
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Paris: latest example of intergroup conflict, incredibly common throughout history, extremem violence brought on by intergroup conflict, people form themselves into groups, groups come into conflict, sometimes, very extreme results war, violence, mass killing. Benjamin people: trojan war: 12th or 11th century bc, many species are solitary, (scottish wildcat, others are social, (japanese macaque, usually their kin. Masses of bugs, humans: live in large groups of thousands or more, only a few are ultrasocial. We see groups everywhere o: subjects made a choice between several paintings and were divided into supporters of klee or kandinsky, tajfel, 1970, klee l, kandinsky r. Maximize difference (in favor of ingroup) 17:5: participants chose to: Maximize differences between groups, even at the expense of ingroup profit! An introduction to how intergroup bias is studied then we"ll look at the roots of intergroup biases, where they actually come from. Affect = emotion prejudice (having a negative affect towards another group)
