PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Reciprocal Altruism, Kin Selection, Hymenoptera

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: Joordens, Steve

Document Summary

Social psychology: study of the causes and consequences of sociality. Form societies in which large numbers of individuals divide labor and cooperate for mutual benefit. Four species are: hymenoptera (i. e. , ants, bees, and wasps), the termites, the naked mole rats, and us. Of these four, we are the only one whose societies consist of genetically unrelated individuals. Aggression: behavior whose purpose is to harm another. Frustration-aggression hypothesis or a principle: animals aggress when and only when their goals are frustrated. Example: the robber wants the money (goal) but the teller has it all locked up (frustration), so the robber threatens the teller with a gun (aggression) Hypothesis maybe right, but some argue that the real cause of aggressive behavior is negative affect, and that the inability to reach a goal is just one of many things that bring about negative affect. Both biology and culture play a role in determining if and when people will aggress.