Free Response Questions Flashcards
Three parts of prejudice
Beliefs
Emotions
Predispositions to action
Social roots of prejudice
Social inequalities/divisions feed prejudice. Favorite social groups justify their higher status with the just world phenomenon. We tend to favor our own group as we divide ourselves
Cognitive roots of prejudice
Grow from our natural way of thinking; forming categories, remembering vivid cases, and believing the world is just in our cultures way is the right way
How can I become less prejudice
Monitor our feelings and by replacing old habits with new ones based on new friendships
Psychological disorder
A significant disturbance in an individual’s cognitions, emotion regulation or behavior interfering with every day life
PTSD
Four more weeks of haunting memories, nightmares, social withdrawal, jumpy anxiety and sleep problems following a traumatic event
How would I defined psychology
Still define it as the study of the human mind and how it works and it’s weird way
Most interesting topic? Why?
Part about learning and how repetition doesn’t work as well as finding out more information about what you’re studying
