PSYC 331 Lecture Notes - Authoritarianism, Henri Tajfel, Ethnocentrism
20 Feb 2013
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Inter-group relations any aspect of human interaction that involves individuals perceiving themselves as members of a social category, or being perceived by others as belonging to a social category. Sometimes, conflict is beneficial: non-violent mass action is employed to create such crises and tension that a community which has refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issues - martin luther king, jr. Definition: two or more people, interact with each other, interdependent, e. u. Shared values: normative behaviours, common practices, group goals. Lecture four: 16 january: psychoanalytic theory, general idea that human behavior is irrational, assumes persons are irrational, frustration/aggression (how it manifests, the authoritarian personality. Psychoanalytic theory displaced, irrational aggression due to frustration is the source of inter-group conflict. Inter-group implications: more in-group discipline, more in-group norms to restrain impulses, less in-group hostility, greater population density. Hostility: problem, frustration does not always lead to tangible aggression, aggression is not always displaced.
