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Exam 3 Flashcards

1
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What is prejudice?

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A negative attitude towards people in a distinguishable group based solely on their membership to that group.

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What is discrimination?

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Unjustifiable harmful action towards members of a group solely because of their membership to that group.

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3
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What is a stereotype?

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A generalization made about a group of people.

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What is aggression?

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Intentional behavior aimed at causing harm or psychological pain to another person.

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What is instrumental aggression?

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Aggression with a goal other than causing pain.

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What is hostile aggression?

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Aggression stemming from feelings of anger that aims to inflict pain or injury.

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What is moral aggression?

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Aggressing in retribution for perceived moral violations.

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What is the frustration-aggression theory?

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The idea that frustration increases the probability of an aggressive response.

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What is the weapons effect?

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An increase in aggression at the mere sight/presence of a weapon.

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What is the catharsis hypothesis?

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Conventional wisdom suggests doing something aggressive to reduce feelings of aggression.

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What is the need to belong?

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A motivation to bond with others in relationships that provide ongoing, positive interactions.

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What is self-disclosure?

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Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.

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What is disclosure reciprocity?

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The tendency for one’s intimacy of self-disclosure to match that of their partner.

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What are the two types of love?

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Passionate and Companionate.

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What is passionate love?

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An intense longing we feel for a person, accompanied by physiological arousal.

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What is companionate love?

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The intimacy and affection we feel when we care deeply for a person and our lives are deeply intertwined.

17
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What is ethnocentricism?

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The belief that your own culture, nation, or religion is superior to others.

18
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What is social identity?

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Part of our identity that stems from our membership in groups.

19
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What is the out-group homogeneity effect?

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In-group members perceive out-group members as being more similar than they really are.

20
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What is subtyping?

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Exceptions to the “rule.”

Ex: being smart for a woman.

21
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What is subgrouping?

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Coming up with a stereotype for a subset of a population.

Ex: he’s a middle-class black person.

22
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What are implicit biases?

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Biases hidden from oneself.

23
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What is a stereotype threat?

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The apprehension experienced by members of a group that their behavior might confirm a cultural stereotype.

24
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What in in-group bias?

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The tendency to favor members of one’s own group and give them special preference over people who belong to other groups.

25
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What did Bandura say about aggression?

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People learn social behavior through observation and imitation of others and by being rewarded and punished.

26
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What is relative deprevation?

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The experience of being deprived of something you feel you are entitled to.

27
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What is absolute deprevation?

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The absence of the minimal resources to afford basic necessities for life.

28
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What is displacement?

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The redirection of aggression to a target other than the source of the frustration.

29
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Who is especially vulnerable to displacement?

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Outgroup targets.

30
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What is frustration?

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the perception that you are being prevented from attaining a goal.

31
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What is the social dominance orientation?

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A personality trait measuring an individual’s support for social hierarchy.

32
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What is ostracism?

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Acts of excluding or ignoring.

33
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What is the matching phenomenon?

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We seek others with similar degree of physical attractiveness.

34
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What is complementarity?

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The tendency in a relationship for each to complete what is missing in the other.

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PSYC 3381 (Social Psychology) (4 decks)

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