PPE 3003 Lecture 6 Environment 01 25 2015 Through conditioning and observational learning we are shaped by our environment o What defines your environment School culture social circle family where you live etc The man different environmental contexts that influence a person s behavior and shape his or her life Social ecology Micro context o Immediate environmental infliuences o o Social class gender race culture historical context in which Macro context we live o Macro Context Culture 3 approaches o evoked culture o transmitted culture o cultural universals same across cultures o Evoked culture Cultural differences created by o Differing environmental conditions o Activating a predictable set of responses Example hot climates harvest specific crops spicy foods sick less often from more bacteria in warmer climate o Cooperation Example Hunting is less consistent than gathering Hunters need to be more cooperative Inconsistent food source hunting High cooperation sharing when excess etc Consistent food source gathering Culture of Honor Low cooperation o Become aggressive to defend honor o Example Herding high possibility of theft advantag to building a reputation as ruthless Growing crops low possibility of theft less need to appear ruthless Exists more in southern U S because of this Still exists today because it has become transmitted Transmitted culture culture Ideas values beliefs or attitudes that are transmitted from 1 person to another o Example Memes different in psychology Memes are unites of cultural inheritance The genes of a culture More copies more success Who am I Differences between how Eatern and Western cultures answer this Relationships vs characteristics Context dependence vary depending on situation self concept Specialness similarities or differences from other people Cultural differences in self concept 2 fundamental tasks o be close to group interdepence o maintain independence independence o cultures appear to differ in how they balance these tasks o Non Western Asian cultures focus more on interdepence o Western cultures focus more on independence o Similar to collectivism and individuals o Collectivistic interdependent o Individualistic independent Patterns of Behavior Independent o Assert what you want o Assume that everyone around you is asserting what they Interdependent associated w better perspective taking skills o Try to accommodate to what others want o Assume that everyone around you is accommodating to what want too you want 01 25 2015 01 25 2015
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