PSY 360 - Exam 3

a negative pre-judgment of a group and its individual members

a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people which is often overgeneralized and innaccurate.

the unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and/or its members

an individual's prejudicial attitude and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given race.

an individual's prejudicial attitude and discriminatory behavior toward people of a given sex

Philosopher who stated: "We have enough religion to make us hate but not enough to love each other."

___ ___ ___ is the "we" aspect of our self concept that comes from our ___ ___.

Thoughts/Beliefs lead to ___

Emotions/Feelings lead to ___

Actions/Behaviors lead to ___

the tendency to favor one's own group

blocking of goal directed behavior

theory that provides an outlet for frustration and hostility

- the outlet in society is often ethnic groups

belief in the superiority in one's own culture and ethnic group and a corresponding disdain for all other groups

what is causing other people to act in a certain way

the tendency for people to believe the world is just; and people get what they deserve.

Explaining away out-members positive behaviors while also attributing negative behaviors to their distributions

physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone

aggression dricen by anger and performed as an end in itself

AKA effective/emotional/hot aggression

aggression that's a means to some end and aims to hurt only as a secondary means

i.e. war

Theories of Aggression

The ___ theory of aggression is the "fight or flight" response controlled by the ___. 

Biochemicals will often ___ our aggression.

Bandura (on aggression)

aggression is learned by observing, modeling, rewards, and punishment

Arousal of the ___ ___ (sympathetic n.c.) is also our "fight or flight" system.

___ ___ in the environment can stimulate violence

2 ways to reduce aggression

redirection of aggression toward a target other than the source of frustration

Environmental influences on behavior (4)

More violent crimes occur during times of ___ ___.

If we are attacked, we will have a tendency to ___.

Extensive viewing of violent pornography ___ ___ of sexual reality and encourages ___ toward women.

4 Factors that nurture liking and loving

Sternberg's Theory of Love

the affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined

state of intense longing for union with one another

3 Attachment Styles

attachment style where one becomes permiscuous and avoids relationships

one tends to have dysfunctional/abusive relationships ... can lead to crimes of passion, stalking, rollercoaster emotions

revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

a motive to increase another's welfare without conscious regard for one's self

3 Theories of Altruism

vicarious experience of another's feelings

human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one's rewards and minimize one's costs

we help because we ought to based on our social norms

our genetics drive us to maximize our survival ... we are more likely to help those of our own kin.

6 Motives to Help

an expectation that people will help not hurt those who have helped them

an expectation that people will help those dependent on them

A sense of Social Responsibility is stronger in a ___ society than in a ___ society.

the tendency to that a person is LESS likely to help when there are others watching

socializing/teaching altruism

#8) Children of ___ have less stereotypic views of men and women

#27) According to the social exchange theory, we help because of ___ factors.

For health benefits ___ is better than ___.