Violence

=An integrative look at violence= //To what extent does who you are depend on biological factors or the environment you have been in (situational or dispositional factors)?// Watch Steven Pinker’s //The Myth of violence//

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 * Questions**
 * 1) What elements in this talk refer to 'nature'?
 * 2) What elements in this talk refer to 'nurture'?
 * 3) According to Pinker, what dispositional factors have created or exacerbated situations of violence?

**Finish this for homework. In our next class, we will begin by summarizing and reflecting on the content of the activities you have just completed.**

__**Class notes for 1B**__ 1. Anarchy/ retalliation 2. Life is cheap 3. Empathy 4. Win-Win existence of others helps ourself.
 * Brain storming: Four main reasons for decline in violence **


 * Question 1 **
 * Nature is internal. it is what you are born with, your genetics
 * Foraging and hunting by the early man/primitive people.
 * population growth. reproduction.

nurture:
 * Question 2 **
 * Medieval Times Cruelty as entertainment, mob mentality. Because of outside influences people thought that cruelty to animals and people was okay and accepted.
 * the advancement of media technology.
 * advancement in government.
 * (Then we had the age of enlightenment, the concept that people have rights and their life has value! people are not expendable.) our own ideas, not in movie


 * Question 3 **
 * The Personality a state of mind is created without as much empathy that we have now due to a lack of public awareness.
 * Awareness that life is cheap, knowing this people kill others for their own benefit.
 * This CONTRADICTS the golden rule! Treat others the way that you want to be treated!