Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Oxytocin: The Love Hormone's Unexpected Influence on Bias
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Hey champ! Remember how our brains love shortcuts and groups? Well, we've got a fascinating twist for you today. Let's dive deep into how the "love hormone" plays a part in this.
Key concept oxytocin 🌟
- Known as: “the love hormone”, “the bonding hormone”, “the cuddle chemical”.
- Surprise, Surprise: It might also promote ethnocentrism, where you think your ethnic group is the best.
The experiment (de dreu et al, 2011) 🔬
Setup
- Participants: Dutch dudes (you know, from the Netherlands).
- What they did: Sniffed either oxytocin or a placebo (kind of like a fake treatment).
- The Test: They were shown pictures of:
- Their mates (Dutch guys) 🚶♂️
- Folks from the Middle East and Germany 🌍
The Twist
- Remember the trolley problem? 🚋💥
- Imagine a runaway trolley. If you pull a lever, it switches tracks and kills one person, but saves five others. Do you pull it?
- Participants had to decide who to "sacrifice":
- Their Dutch mate (Dirk, Peter 🇳🇱)
- An Arab guy (Ahmed, Youssef 🌍)
- A German (Markus, Helmut 🇩🇪)
- Five other unnamed folks (who knows where they're from 🤷♂️).
What's the Catch?
Would a Dutch person, under the influence of oxytocin, rather toss a non-Dutch person in front of the trolley?
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Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour
Oxytocin: The Love Hormone's Unexpected Influence on Bias
Table of content
Hey champ! Remember how our brains love shortcuts and groups? Well, we've got a fascinating twist for you today. Let's dive deep into how the "love hormone" plays a part in this.
Key concept oxytocin 🌟
- Known as: “the love hormone”, “the bonding hormone”, “the cuddle chemical”.
- Surprise, Surprise: It might also promote ethnocentrism, where you think your ethnic group is the best.
The experiment (de dreu et al, 2011) 🔬
Setup
- Participants: Dutch dudes (you know, from the Netherlands).
- What they did: Sniffed either oxytocin or a placebo (kind of like a fake treatment).
- The Test: They were shown pictures of:
- Their mates (Dutch guys) 🚶♂️
- Folks from the Middle East and Germany 🌍
The Twist
- Remember the trolley problem? 🚋💥
- Imagine a runaway trolley. If you pull a lever, it switches tracks and kills one person, but saves five others. Do you pull it?
- Participants had to decide who to "sacrifice":
- Their Dutch mate (Dirk, Peter 🇳🇱)
- An Arab guy (Ahmed, Youssef 🌍)
- A German (Markus, Helmut 🇩🇪)
- Five other unnamed folks (who knows where they're from 🤷♂️).
What's the Catch?
Would a Dutch person, under the influence of oxytocin, rather toss a non-Dutch person in front of the trolley?
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Dive deeper and gain exclusive access to premium files of Psychology SL. Subscribe now and get closer to that 45 🌟
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