Exam 3 Flashcards

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Prejudice

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a preconceived NEGATIVE JUDGEMENT of a group and its individual members
-attitude

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Stereotypes

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Beliefs about the PERSONAL ATRRIBUTES of a group of people

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Discrimination

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unjustified NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR toward a group or its member

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Explicit Discrimination

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(CONSCIOUS) attitudes toward the same target.
-Employment discrimination.

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Implicit Discrimination

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(AUTOMATIC) attitudes toward the same
target.

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Realistic group conflict theory

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the theory that prejudice arises from COMPETETION between groups for SCARCE RESCOURCES
-pandemic and toilet paper

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Social Identity Theory

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We instantly tend to like those from OUR OWN group, those who look like us, even those who sound like us

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Group-serving bias

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explaining away outgroup members’ positive behaviors; also attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions (while excusing such behavior by one’s own group)
-“yay A+ … am so smart”
-“F grade… she doesn’t like me”

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“Displaced aggression” or Scapegoating

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when the cause is INDIMITADING or UNKNOWN, we often redirect hostility
-economic frustration and immigrants

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distinctiveness

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when a behavior or action by an individual is judged by another to be COMMON or UNUSAUL

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Fundamental Attribution Error

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cognitive attribution bias where observers underemphasize situational and environmental factors for the behavior of an actor while overemphasizing dispositional or personality factors
-“sorry I’m late, there was traffic”
“You are flawed as a person”

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just-world phenomenon

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the tendency of people to believe that the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserves what they get

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stereotype threat

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a disruptive concern, when facing a negative stereotype, that one will be evaluated based on negative stereotypes
-football players don’t do well in a classroom, they might perform badly.

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14
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Aggression

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Physical or verbal behavior intended to cause harm

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Physical aggression

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hurting someone else’s body

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16
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Social aggression

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hurting someone else’s feelings or threating their relationship’s
-cyber bullying, some in person bullying

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Hostile Aggression

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aggression that springs from anger, its goal is to injure

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Instrumental Aggression

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aggression that is a means to some other end
-terrism
-boxing, the means to win

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Biochemical influences on aggression

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-Alcohol
-Human aggressiveness correlates with the male sex hormone testosterone.
-Poor diet—specifically sweetened drinks, high levels of trans fats, and low levels of omega-3 fatty acids

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Instinctive behavior

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an innate, unlearned behavior pattern exhibited by all members of a pieces

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Frustration

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The blocking of goal-directed
behavior—that is, anything that blocks us from attaining a goal.

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Frustration-aggression theory

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the theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress.
* Frustration breeds aggression.

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Displacement

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the redirection of aggression
to a target other than the source of the frustration.
-being aggressive to someone because your mad at yourself

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Relative deprivation

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the perception that one is less well off than others with whom one compares oneself.
-Comparing the size of your house to the size of a millionaire’s house

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social learning theory of aggression
that we learn aggression not only by experiencing its payoffs but also by observing others. -inherited road rage from observing dad
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ostracism
acts of excluding or ignoring
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proximity
geographical nearness; functional distance
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Mere exposure
he tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them.
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Matching phenomenon
the tendency for men and women to choose as partners those who are a “good match” in attractiveness and other traits
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Physical-attractiveness stereotype
the presumption that physically attractive people possess other socially desirable traits as well.
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Passionate love
a state of intense longing for union with another; being “in love.”
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Two-factor theory of emotion
arousal × its label = emotion
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Companionate love
the affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply intertwined. Intimacy + commitment
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Secure attachment
rooted in trust and marked by intimacy.
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Avoidant attachment
marked by discomfort over, or resistant to, being close to others; an insecure attachment style
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Anxious attachment
marked by anxiety or ambivalence; an insecure attachment style
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Altruism
a motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s own self- interests.
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Social-exchange theory
the theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one’s rewards and minimize one’s costs
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Reciprocity norm
an expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them.
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Social-responsibility norm:
an expectation that people will help those needing help.
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Bystander effect
the finding that a person is less likely to provide help when there are other bystanders.