PSY BEH 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prosocial Behavior, Shared Parenting, Structural Rule
30 Apr 2017
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Whenever a fight would start, females would run to tunnels and scream (cue) the males. Prisoner"s dilemma best thing to do is defect (selfishness) to avoid the big loss, until you have to see that person again. Reconciliation: whenever there is a fight, the aggressor will try to make peace to the person they aggressed. Studies of pairs in conflict - post-conflict interaction. Control role: 3rd party alpha male will try to break up a fight not kin-driven (when kin are involved, they won"t necessarily take sides) Low ranking females are often protected by high ranking males; when males are separated (removed from enclosure) from females, them females were put at risk of injury. to help. Groundwork for other altruistic behaviors - had to understand that help was needed. Understanding of goal-directedness, looked at perspective, intentions, knowledge-belief, emotion, etc. Chimpanzees will affiliate with certain other chimps under 3 conditions: Illustrates a big difference between humans and other animals.
