Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Aristocracy, Materialism, Communism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Dominican is much richer (5 times), more land, smaller population, better economy. Politics matters, but what is it: competition, power, conflict, dominance strategies, and alliances, winners and losers. Peaceful o: gentle and loving o, hunt and eat other monkeys. Politics is a social process in which people make binding decisions in regards to conflicts. It is between love and war o o o. Tyranny rule by tyrant: monarchy king, queen, etc, oligarchy rule by the rich. Democracy bad; rule by many, included unwashed and poor. Polity many, but not the unwashed, and poor. Sovereignty, including monopoly of legitimate violence in a territory. Force, and coercion o: military and police. Attraction: getting others to want what you want. The world as a 3-level chess match: military. State of nature: most agree would be a bad idea. Some argue that modern state is derived from this.