A2 Psychology Aggression Unit 3: Evolutionary Explanations of Human Aggression Notes What You Need To Know: Evolutionary Explanations of human aggression‚ including infidelity and jealousy Explanations of group display in humans. Evolutionary Explanations of Human Aggression: From an evolutionary perspective‚ humans are most likely to survive if they have access to resources; they can defend their resources and protect their families; and if they can attract and gain access to mates. Aggression
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Effective communication remains a critical leadership skill which requiring constant effort. The sender and the receiver share responsibility in making the message clear. According to Baack (2012‚ Ch. 2.3)‚ excellent communication results from careful preparation and situation sensitivity by the sender and receiver in any context. Despite best efforts‚ communications often get lost in translation. With that in mind‚ learning ways to improve communication skills is very beneficial. Consequently
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Sociology Quiz 3 Return to Assessment List Part 1 of 1 - 24.0/ 25.0 Points Question 1 of 25 1.0/ 1.0 Points Who is the sociologist given credit for coining the concept of the McDonaldization of Society? D.George Ritzer Question 2 of 25 1.0/ 1.0 Points Samantha works in a place that is hierarchical‚ has a division of labor‚ written rules‚ communications and records‚ and in which the administration treats workers impersonally. Based on these characteristics‚ we can conclude that Samantha
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Discuss one or more evolutionary explanations of group display in humans. Group behaviour can possess an adaptive advantage for the individuals within the group‚ which is why it can appear in particular social situations. An example of this appears within sports crowds. Natural selection favours genes that cause human beings to be altruistic towards members of their own group‚ yet intolerant towards outsiders (xenophobia). It would be adaptive to exaggerate negative stereotypes of outsiders‚ as
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Jose Bravo Anthropology 310 11/04/2007 Analysis of Anthropology Methodologies Culture is an abstract term used by anthropologists to describe a people’s way of life. The book defines culture as "the sum total of the knowledge‚ ideas‚ behaviors‚ and material creations that are learned‚ shared‚ and transmitted primarily through the symbolic system of language" (Lenkeit 26). Culture is such an important topic that anthropologists have devoted a whole subfield to its study. This subfield‚ cultural
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humans evolved out of Africa * Lucy- a Australopithecus fossil‚ found in Ethiopia * Lewis Henry Morgan- supporter of evolutionism/uni-lineal evolution‚ came up with the hierarchy of cultures (savagery‚ barbarism‚ civilization) * Napoleon Chagnon- studied the Yanamamo‚ was banned from the villages by the governments and Catholic church for misrepresenting the people * Carol Stack- studied “fictive kin” in African American communities * !Nisa- a member of the !Kung San peoples of the
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were descriptive (McClellan 1975a‚ 1975b; Turney-High 1971) or brief footnotes in ethnographies (Birket-Smith and de Laguna 1938)‚ more recent works have attempted to place Native American conflicts in the context of modern anthropological theory (Chagnon 1988; Ferguson 1983‚ 1984‚ 1990‚ 1995; Maschner 1997a; Maschner and Reedy-Maschner 1998; Whitehead 1992). The result of these investigations has been two broad and nearly universal conclusions: that indigenous warfare has existed for thousands of
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The cognitive behavioural approach to counselling therapy. The cognitive behavioural approach to counselling therapy. Participant observation How do we really find out about the way of life of a group of people? One way is to join them – to participate in their daily activities & observe what they say and do. This research method is known as participant observation. It was used by John Howard Griffin (1960) a white journalist who dyed his skin black in order to discover what it was like
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them? What does it mean to talk about a "survival-of-the-fittest‚ blame-the-victim theory of individual action" as a "common-sense?" Chapter 1-Violating Apartheid in the United States What do you think of Bourgois ’ fieldwork strategy as compared to Chagnon and Wolf? What were the risks? How did his "informants" categorize and view Bourgois? What does Bourgois mean by "internalizing institutionalized violence?" How do Primo and Caesar "internalize" racism and oppression? How do the attitudes of Primo
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Medical Anthropology A. McElroy Aus: D.Levinson‚ M. Ember (Hrsg.) Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology. Henry Holt‚ New York 1996; (Permission given by Prof. McElroy Jan. 21th 2002) Medical anthropology is the study of human health and disease‚ health care systems‚ and biocultural adaptation. The discipline draws upon the four fields of anthropology to analyse and compare the health of regional populations and of ethnic and cultural enclaves‚ both prehistoric and contemporary. Collaboration
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