Psy 101 12.2 Flashcards
Attraction
Feelings of liking for others, together with having positive thoughts about them and inclinations to act toward them in positive ways.
Matching hypothesis
The belief that people tend to pair off with others who are similar to themselves in physical attractiveness and other characteristics.
proximity
Nearness or propinquity.
reciprocity
The principle that people tend to like others who like them back.
prosocial behavior
Behavior that benefits others.
bystander intervention
Helping a stranger in distress.
social norms
Standards that define what is socially acceptable in a given situation.
prejudice
A preconceived opinion or attitude about an issue, person, or group.
discrimination
Unfair or biased treatment of people based on their membership in a particular group or category.
racism
Negative bias held toward members of other racial groups.
in-groups
Social, religious, ethnic, racial, or national groups with which one identifies.
out-groups
Groups other than those with which one identifies.
out-group negativism
A cognitive bias involving the predisposition to attribute more negative characteristics to members of out-groups than to those of in-groups.
in-group favoritism
A cognitive bias involving the predisposition to attribute more positive characteristics to members of in-groups than to those of out-groups.
out-group homogeneity
A cognitive bias describing the tendency to perceive members of out-groups as more alike than members of in-groups.
