PSYC1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Chin People, Aversive Racism, Ambivalent Sexism
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Lecture 2 part a aggression and prosocial behaviour. Josephson (1987): children played more aggressively after watching a violent tv program than when they watched a non-violent tv program. Effect was enhanced when a cue was used (walkie talkies like the police officers in the program: the copy-cat effect: people witness or hear about acts of violence then repeat o. Werther effect: high profile suicide = increase in suicide and accidental death rates: copy-cat crimes against others: suicides = single-passenger car fatalities, murdersuicides = multiple-passenger car fatalities, plane hijackings, school shooti(cid:374)gs, produ(cid:272)t ta(cid:373)peri(cid:374)g et(cid:272) . Evidence for de-individuation: wearing lab coats, people felt more comfortable making negative comments about their parents and using more obscene language than without them. o. People gave more electric shocks to strangers whilst wearing cloaks and hoods. o. Larger crowds and at night tend to bait potential suicide victims.
