PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Difficult People, Pluralistic Ignorance
2 Oct 2014
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Animals only have an acute sense of this (creates anger/resentment: overbenefitted getting more than you deserve. Forgivers have better physical/mental health than those with grudges. Can allow people to offend again (not typical) Situations are then not brought up in future conflicts and fights: must see the other person"s perspective + avoid cognitive biases that drive people apart. If someone hurts another person, the victim will see bad consequences, perpetrator focuses on external factors that reduce the blame: people don"t forgive if: The severity of the offense is too great (the bigger/worse, the harder) Teacher giving electric shocks for punishment for mistakes by learner (mild-mannered, middle-aged male confederate with heart condition ) Shock levels mild shock, danger: severe shock, xxx. Every mistake = increase of 15 volts (from 15-450) Wrong mistakes people could hear but not see in different room. Confederate would scream, groan, bang, etc in pain about heart. Eventually learner stopped saying anything therefore could have.
