PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Reciprocal Altruism, Hymenoptera, Interpersonal Relationship
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Extensive periods of isolation can induce symptoms of psychosis such as florid delirium characterized by severe confusional , paranoid and hallucinatory features and also intense agitation and random impulse, often self directed violence. Social psychology is the study of the causes and consequences of sociality. Packs and flocks do what individuals can"t, and this is why species have found it useful to become social. Only four species are ultra-social; which means they form societies in which large numbers of individuals divide labour and cooperate for mutual benefit. The hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), termites, naked mole rats and humans. We are the only one whose societies consist of genetically unrelated individuals. Our social behaviour revolves around survival and reproduction. The simplest way to solve the problem of scarce resources is to take the resources and hurt anyone who tries to stop you. Aggression is behaviour whose purpose is to harm another.
