Week 7 Social Psychology Part 3 Flashcards
Stereotype
Characteristics attributed to people based upon a membership to a group
Exists due to schemas
Evident in all demographics of people
Schema
a pattern of thought used to organize human experience
Prejudice
Judging people based upon the stereotypes
Discrimination
Behaviour toward groups based on their stereotypes
Positive Stereotypes
Can be harmful as they are not always accurate
Aggression
Verbal or physical behaviour aimed at harming another living person or living being
Two types of aggression
- Impulsive (typically elicited by anger)
- Instrumental aggression (calm and premeditated,
Violence
Seen as an extreme form of aggression, can include assault, rape, and murder. Gun violence, domestic violence, and violence towards animals
Instinctual perspective of aggression
Freud’s idea of death instinct (believes we have an unconscious instinct that drives instincts, where aggression comes from, argues it is unconscious)
Evolutionary perspective of aggression
about survival, use aggressive behaviours to survive, we know animals also have these instincts
Biological perspective of aggression
focuses on brain functioning and neurotransmitters that influence aggression
Cognitive social perspective of aggression
Idea that aggression is learnt through modeling, proposed by Bandura, learning aggression through watching violent movies/video games etc
General aggression model
Looks at how person and situational variables influence aggression
Antisocial behaviour
Behaviour that damages interpersonal relationships and is deemed undesirable
what is Rejection
Excluded from a group or a person
Factors that influence being attracted to someone:
Similarity - friendships, romantic
Physical looks - people tend to pair up with others that are a similar level of attractive
Interpersonal rewards - behaviour principle of operant conditioning eg. money, feelings of love
Physical attraction - preference for physical attraction
Proximity - being near someone regularly increases liking
Reciprocity - like people who like us
Outcome of Rejection
Rejection sensibility
Behavioural outcomes of rejection
Aggression, acting short sighted, less generous
Factors that impact love
Biology, culture, art, poetry, religion, attachment theory, social norms, hormones
Passionate Love
Described as wildly emotional state - romantic relationships
Companionate love
Described as friendly and deep attachment - around friendship
Sternbergs Triangle
Passion - Emotional state and includes high psychological arousal
Intimacy - Feeling of closeness
Commitment - dedication to relationship
Implicit Associations Test
Psychological test used to understand personal biases
Hostile Aggression
Elicited by anger, a person lashes out, impulsive aggression
Banduras Experiment
Children watched a video of a woman acting violently towards a Bobo doll, and then children mimicked this behaviour. Shows how aggression can be modelled
Passionate Love
Emotional, intense feeling, psyiological arousal
Interpersonal Rewards
An element of attraction where people gain rewards from a relationship (eg money or self esteem)
Proximity
An element of attraction where being near someone regularly increases likeness (unless there is a strong aversion to the person
