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2040 part 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/21/2012

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racism and sexism are
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institutional practices that discriminate even when there is no prejudicial intent
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dual attitude system
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prejudice provides example of
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conscious
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explicit prejudice is
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automatic
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implicit prejudice is
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beliefs
attitudes
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stereotypes (____) are not prejudices (___)
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prejudice is
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preconceived negative attitude
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stereotypes are
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beleifs about another groups
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discrimination is
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unjustified negative behavior
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social dominance orientation
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motivation to have one's group dominate other social groups
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authoritarianism
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appears more related to concern with security and control
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more related to one's group status
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social dominance orientation appears...
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realistic group conflict theory
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theory that prejudice arises from competition between groups for scarce resources
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ingroup
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us--- a group of people who share a sense of belonging, a feeling of common identity
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outgroup
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them--- group that people perceive as distinctively different from or apart from their ingroup
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a positive self-concept
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ingroup bias supports
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favortism
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ingroup bias feeds..
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outgroup homogeneity effect
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perception of outgroup members as more similar to one another than are ingroup members. they are like, we are divers
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own race bias
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tendency for peopel to more accurately recognize faces of their own race
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self consciousness
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distinctiveness feeds
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stigma consciousness
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person's expectation of being victimized by prejudice or discrimination
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frustration aggression theory
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theory that frustration triggers a readiness to aggress
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frustration
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blocking of goal-directed behavior
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displacement
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redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration. new target is safer or more socially acceptable target
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explain hostile aggression, not instrumental aggression
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frustration-aggression theory is designed to explain...
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relative deprivation
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perception that one is less well-off than others with whom one compares oneself
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social learning theory
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theory that we elarn social behavior by observing and imitating and by ebing rewarded and punished
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hostile aggression
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springs from emotions such as anger
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instumental aggression
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aims to injure as a means to some other end
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instinct view
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associated with freud and lorenz,
aggressive energy will accumulate from within
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anger and hostility
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frustration causes
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social learning view
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presents aggression as learned behavior
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catharsis
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emotional release.
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arousal it produces
viewing violence disinhibits
evoke imitation
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why does tv viewing affect behavior?
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prosocial behavior
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positive, constructive, helpful social behavior; opposite of antisocial behavior
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social scripts
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culturally provided mental instructions for how to act in various situations
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aversive experiences
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included not only frustrations but also discomfort, pain, and personal attacks, both physical and verbal
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breeds modest increase in aggressive behavior
desensitizes viewers to aggression
alters perceptions of reality
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viewing violence does what 3 things?
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counteracting the factors that provoke it
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social learning approach suggests controling aggression by..
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mere exposure effect
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tendency for novel stimuli to be liked more or rated more positively after the rater has been repeatedly exposed to them
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altruism
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motive to increase another's welfare without conscious regard for one's self- interests
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social exchange theory
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theory that human interactions are transactions that aim to maximize one's rewards and minimize one's cost
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egoism
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motive to increase one's own welfare
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social capital
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mutual support and cooperation enabled by social network
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social responsibility norm
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expectation that people will help those needing help
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empathy
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vicarious experience of another's feelings; putting oneself in another's shoe
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when there are other bystanders
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a person is less likely to provide help when...
bystander effect
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when they have just observed someone else helping
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when are people more likely to help?
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door-in-the-face-technique
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strategy for gaining concession.
after someone first turns down a large request, the same requester counteroffers with a more reasonable request
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moral exclusion
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perception of certain individuals or groups as outside the boundary within which one applies moral values and rules of fairness.
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overjustification effect
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result of bribing people to do what they already like doing; they may then see their actions as externally controlled rather than intrinsically appealing
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ways that we can enhance helpfullness
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q. reverse factors that inhibit helping
2. use reprimands to evoke guilt
3. teach altruism
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conflict
Definition
perceived incompatibility of actions or goal
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