Class Notes for PSYC 2310 at University of Guelph (U OF G)

For example, only french people swear: the implication that perceived differences are inborn and unalterable- there is something inherent between diffe

Path to discrimination: discrimination prejudice stereotype discrimination etc, they are all interconnected, prejudice- the belief and the emotional re

Violence around the world (un, 2002: great variety of violence across the globe, canada is considered a peaceful society. Japan has the lowest level of

Gustav le bon - one of the first psychologists to look at crowd behaviour. He suggested that when people are part of a crowd, they submerge to a level

Persuasion= communication that is designed to influence a person s attitudes and behaviour. Controlled experiment- ad: provides context for addressing

Aggression instinct (mcdougall, 1908)- argued that humans are born with instincts (18 of them) and aggression is one of them. Death instinct, thanatos

Self knowledge self knowledge comes from: self comparison, feedback form others self as a blank slate, not exactly true o. Accuracy of self knowledge i

Crowd behaviour chapter 10 = pages 320 to. The history of crowd: gustav le bon (1896, suggested that in crowds people submerge in a very primitive mind

A group exists when two or more people define themselves as members of it and when its existence is recognized by at least one other (brown, 2000; p. 3