PSYC 001 Lecture 17: Personality Part II/Abnormal Psychology
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Culture and your personality men walking down hallway with paper, with door (person comes out of door with multiple reactions) before filing cabinet, must go file paper control group: no bump, no slam, no insult. S: three things they did after incident with other person. Deference to giant (how much distance before you step aside and let the huge guy go), then first impression handshake (measure how hard you shake hands on first impression) some people from north and south: Showed more anger: south (15%) north (65%) Southerners cortisol and testosterone levels went up a lot for. Southerners wait a long time to let the guy pass and use a firm handshake while northerners are relatively unfazed why cultural difference? herding culture vs farming/ industrial culture. Different mentality having been adopted because of the culture raised in and lifestyle. Laws favoring defense in various ways, more homicide in such cases, more honor- related violence, lighter sentencing when honor at stake.
