So.... psychology and every human behavior study and all the published works throughout history are all frauds ....LMAO...Ok..that's plausible.......
The reality of ALL HUMAN HISTORY is right there for anyone to see. Reality makes you uncomfortable? Too bad.
So.... psychology and every human behavior study and all the published works throughout history are all frauds ....LMAO...Ok..that's plausible.......
The reality of ALL HUMAN HISTORY is right there for anyone to see. Reality makes you uncomfortable? Too bad.
Humans are tribal and ethnocentric and will naturally self segregate.
You can say "nuh uh" all you like. It's a fact.
"The phenomenon of othering has its roots in our evolutionary history.
We know from primatological studies that group solidarity is exceptionally important in all of the African apes. Knowing who is, and who isn’t a member of your group is exceptionally important for reasons intimately connected to survival.
Basic evolution theory states that any behaviour or trait that confers a survival advantage will be selected for; and the stronger the survival advantage, the stronger it will be selected for.
In the case of ‘othering’ behaviour, it probably became an extremely valuable behaviour that would have become permanently fixed within our lineage millions of years ago.
Whenever territory, food, and mates were scarce (which would have been frequently, and in most cases permanently), intra-species competition would have been strong and othering behaviour would have been selected for.
Forming a group can allow you to align yourself with other individuals altruistically to maximize your own (and everyone else in the groups) ability to acquire territory, food and mating opportunities."
This psychological tactic had its uses in our tribal past. Group cohesion was crucially important in the early days of human civilisation, and required strong demarcation between our allies and our enemies.
To thrive, we needed to be part of a close-knit tribe who’d look out for us, in exchange for knowing that we’d help to look out for them in kind. People in your tribe, who live in the same community as you, are more likely to be closely related to you and consequently share your genes.
As a result, there’s a powerful evolutionary drive to identify in some way with a tribe of people who are “like you”, and to feel a stronger connection and allegiance to them than to anyone else. Today, this tribe might not be a local and insular community you grew up with, but can be, for instance, fellow supporters of a sports team or political party."
