PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Subtyping, Outline Of Object Recognition, Ethnocentrism
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Sometimes, very extreme results war, violence, mass killing. Many species are solitary e. g. scottish wildcat, others are social e. g. Many species are solitary e. g. scottish wildcat, others are social e. g. japanese macaque, only a few are ultrasocial e. g. Many species are solitary e. g. scottish wildcat, others are social e. g. japanese macaque, only a few are ultrasocial e. g. bees, ants, human beings. Thousands (or millions) of individuals living together. In all other ultrasocial species, individuals are closely related. Groups are an adaptation that enables human ultrasociality. Groups can be made from nothing by using the minimal group paradigm. Subjects were then divided into two groups: klee fans or kandinsky fans (depending on the responses of the subjects) Subsequent task was to assign dollars to another (not themselves) klee or kandinsky member. One payoff is for an in-group person (klee) another payoff is for an out-group person (kandinsky)
