PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Ethnocentrism, Funny Or Die, Dbase

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: ozzy mermut

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Terrorism a) definition b) roots of terrorism: how it can be overcome, music: Prejudice: emotional roots of prejudice, scapegoating, serves self-esteem needs, cognitive roots of prejudice, categorization allows us to simplify our world, the just-world phenomenon: we assume we get what we deserve, 1. Terrorism (cont"d: economic and social deprivation, inherent position of weakness: political, economic, military, subjective perception of injustice and deprivation, personal factors, deep resentment of authority/blaming outgroup , engagement with a terrorist organization, recruitment & training. Love in action: c) what could help. Overcome prejudice: 1) increase cooperative contacts, between rival groups, 2) heal thyself, address feelings of insecurity and low self-esteem, know thyself, 3) societal level, address poverty & inequality, allow democracies to flourish. Iclicker question #1: based on the results of a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fmri), when people are presented with photos of people from other races, what tends to occur? hold, a.