Thrill Seeking. CH.4

Question 1

Hatemongers:

-Gives perp sense of……?

Answer 1

spends much of their time & energy trying to cleanse their society of “unpure” races.

-gives perp sense of power, control & dominance but at the expense of a set of victims.

Question 2

-2/3 are committed b/c of thrill seeking
-young & in small groups
-following a leader (often a hatemonger)
-fears rejection from friends
-left own neighborhood looking for victim
-they don’t hate
(Following leader to do something for the thrill)
-if target is a minority it’s a hate crime
-most common type of hate crime

Answer 2

Dabbler

Question 3

• 1/4 of hate crime
• trying to get rid of an immigrant in your town. (EX. Chinese came to the U.S. & were better fishermen then the Americans. They called the clan and got rid of Chinese)

Answer 3

Reactive (defensive) crimes

Question 4

Offender is reacting to what he/she considers to be an intrusion; some incident triggers the expression of anger. Prejudice is hidden (like me for example. I think but don’t say unless I get very mad; triggered)

Answer 4

Camouflaged racism

Question 5

-8% of hate crimes
-a person hears a report/rumor of a hate incident against his/her own group & takes revenge by committing a crime against a member of the initial supposed offending group.
(EX. Hasidic Jew crashes into a car with 2 black girls. Cops come & take Jew in first b/c they predict there will be a riot. Truth is, cops and Jew partnered up it was intentional)

Answer 5

Retaliatory crimes

Question 6

-defensive aim of attacker is transformed into a mission
-rarest type of hate crime involving extreme violence
-usually acts alone
-eliminates group of whom they hate
-usually very trouble
-may have been part of hate group
(EX. A person went to a Hasidic Jewish school and killed the children)

Answer 6

Mission crimes (hatemongers)

Question 7

-may not actively be involved in hate crime but agrees with the principles of offenders & may even stand by & watch

(EX. Laughing at racist jokes)

Answer 7

Sympathizers

Question 8

• passive acceptance & failure to act
• “little people” who are powerless to influence the course of the country

(EX. Citizens of nazi Germany)

Answer 8

Spectators

Question 9

• few in number but have a level of economic prosperity

- during economic & political turmoil they are often looted & vandalized attacked and expelled

Answer 9

Middlemen minorities

Question 10

Psychology of prejudice

How does a person change from an accommodating toddler into violent bigot?

Answer 10

Development

Question 11

Stubborn believer whose intolerant of others

Answer 11

Bigot

Question 12

(Psych. Of prejudice)

1) …. Ability to engage in____: the division of human being into socially constructed groups
- first step to prejudice

Answer 12

Social categorization

Question 13

(Psych. Of prejudice)

2)…. Children learn which groups they belong to (ingroup) and which they do not (outgroup)

Answer 13

Self identification

Question 14

(Psych. Of prejudice)

3)… Children learn the ____ (often negative) associated with different groups and racial slurs

Answer 14

Stereotypes

Question 15

(Psych. Of prejudice)

4) … Children do not start to internalize the attitudes until age 7
- age of when they show preference for their own group
- may lead to prejudice

Answer 15

Internalization

Question 16

(Psych. Of prejudice)

5) _____is often not reflected in their behavior until middle school
- they have adopted society’s prejudices

Answer 16

Verbal rejection

Question 17

Mental model of a thing or person containing all of our knowledge about & attitudes towards that thing

• this is where we store our stereotypes
• coming into contact with a person activated our schema

(EX. Seeing a black man in very nice suit and thinking its for court when he’s actually sophisticated)

Answer 17

Schema

Question 18

The fact that schema for our ingroup is more complex than the outgroup
-“we are different”, “they are all the same”

Answer 18

Outgroup homogeneity

Question 19

(Mertons continuum of prejudice)

Are not prejudiced and do not discriminate

Answer 19

All-weather liberals

Question 20

(Mertons continuum of prejudice)

Are prejudiced but will discriminate when it is in their interest to do so

Answer 20

Reluctant liberals

Question 21

(Mertons continuum of prejudice)

Are prejudiced but are afraid to show it

Answer 21

Timid bigots

Question 22

(Mertons continuum of prejudice)

Are prejudiced and quite willing to discriminate

Answer 22

Active bigots

Question 23

When our behaviors don’t meet our mental images of ourselves
-accepting a dehumanizing image of the victim; perp may actually come to believe that his/her hate/crime is justified

Answer 23

Cognitive dissonance

Question 24

• line test
• 33% confirmed with group
• even one rebel can serve as a role model for bystanders to imitate

Answer 24

Asch; group pressure

Question 25

• electric shock experiment
• 62% continued to provide maximum shock when told to do so
• 30% continued to provide max shock when told to do so when subject sat next to them
• easier to harm stranger than intimate

Answer 25

Milgram; obedience to authority experiment

Question 26

When people feel anonymous they are more likely to act aggressively

Answer 26

Deindividuation

Question 27

• ended after 6 days
• guards became emotionally and physically threatening
• prisoners became anxious angry and depressed
• students pretended to be prisoners and guards

Answer 27

Zimbardo; Stanford prison experiment

Question 28

Occurs when a person finds a group attractive and wants to be like its members

Answer 28

Identification