PSYCH 178 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Impression Management, Homicide, Intentionality
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Evolutionary biologists often state that groups survive better than individuals so our personal relationships are important. I am there at 7pm but she doesn"t get there until 8:30pm. She says that she was late because she was watching the oscars. I then tell her the relationship is over. I judge her as engaging in a social transgression. She should have been on time: then she says no, you misunderstood me. I was going to tell you that i would be late because the bus could not go because the road was being paved. I tried to call you but your phone was off. Experiment: you are a teacher in a class. There are eight conditions representing the eight students in your class. What determines culpability: outcome if there is no negative outcome, there is no sentence. This is one determinant of justice: effort or intentionality makes a difference the first man did it by accident, so it is just manslaughter.
