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emerged among the Scots-Irish shepherds
-brought a culture of violence with them and value physical violence as a means to educate youth, punish criminals, and protect family |
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| original frustration-aggression model |
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| aggression is always caused by frustration |
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| Berkowitz's revised frustration-aggression model |
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frustration -> anger -> violence
(sometimes) (sometimes) |
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| experimenter passed second person in line (participant) whom was more angry then say the 12th person in line |
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Students call alumni for money
-one group was told that it would be an easy night and could take home 10% of profit
-other group told it was gonna be a hard night
+ hard night group didn't get angry because they expected it to be difficult
+ easy night crew got angry and gave experimenter bad reviews because they thought it was going to be a great night |
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yo momma jokes + tennis racket on table passing in hallway = low shock
yo momma jokes + knife on table passing in hallway = high shock |
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cop + no gun showing = smile
cop + gun showing = scowl |
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| behavior intended to benefit another with no actual or expected benefit occurring to Altruist |
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| Why is it difficult to demonstrate altruism? |
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| most acts are done to get something in return rather than nothing in return |
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| all helping is done to increase the odds our genes will survive and reproduce |
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| we are most likely to help those who share our genes |
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-carry god's favor
-seek fame/glory/monetary award
-gain social power
Ultimately all helping is done to get something in return |
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-avoid guilt and shame
-improve self esteem/mood
ultimately all helping is done to feel better about ourselves or avoid feeling bad about ourselves |
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pure altruism is impossible to demonstrate or show
-refined altruism to be "behavior intended to benefit another as its primary goal"
-benefits may occur to the helper, but that is not the most important reason why he or she is helping. It is more like a secondary side effect |
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| C. Daniel Batson research |
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empathy-altruism hypothesis=feeling empathy for one in head evokes motivation to help them. benefits to self are not the ultimate goal of helping; they are unintended consequences
-empathy is a mix of perspective taking and personal distress |
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| participants told to take carol's view (high empathy) almost equally likely to help Carol in high and low cost (of not helping) conditions after findings supports altruism |
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| any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person |
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| 5 decisions of Darley and Latane |
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-notice the event
-interpreting the event as an emergency
-am "I" responsible for helping?
-How should I help?
-Cost of helping? |
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| had to watch white team pass ball and a guerrilla moon walked through the two teams. It showed our blindness to things we are not looking for |
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| person talked on radios to each other, person B warned person about stress related seizures, had seizure and held down button so person A couldn't talk |
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| guy asked person to watch radio versus looking at the person with radio |
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| tourist asked guy who has anger problems how to get to the statue of liberty, guy told them wrong directions, new Yorkers didn't correct him |
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life instinct (realistic vs. symbolic)
Energy outward in a nonsymbolic way leads to sexual acts |
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death instinct (realistic v symbolic)
energy directed outward in a non symbolic way produces violence |
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| energy directed outward in a symbolic way produces: boxing, football, and hockey |
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-had to see the adult be violent
-saw adult not be punished
-reward condition. reward adult
-punishment condition, adult punished
monkey see, monkey do |
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| ways to reduce aggression |
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| counting to ten, taking deep breaths, pleasant activity, soothing music, ride bike |
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| why are kids aggression correlated to violent tv |
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they are already prone to violent behavior
-if they can do it, so can i
-oh, so thats how you do it
-those feelings I am having must be real anger
-used to violent tendencies
-I had better get him before he gets me |
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