PSYCO105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Body Shape, Direct Comparison Test, Kin Selection
2 Nov 2015
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Solitary confinement has been known to break the body and destroy the mind social interaction is vital for humans. Florid delirium = confusion, paranoia and hallucinations created from isolation. Socially isolated = depressed, ill, die prematurely, as bad as obesity and smoking. Social psychology: study causes and consequences of sociality. Social behaviour: how people interact with each other. Social influence: how people change each other. Social cognition: how people understand each other. Humans are the most social beings (most animals are loners) Helps survival (hunting and helping) and reproduction. Ultra-social: form large societies where labour is divided and there is mutual benefit through cooperation. Humans (genetically unrelated individuals), hymenoptera (ants, bees), naked mole, termites. 1000 years ago, humans made up only 0. 1% of total weight on earth. Today, they make up 98% of total weight. Aggression: purpose to harm others used by all animals. Frustration-aggression hypothesis: animals only aggress when their goals are frustrated.
