PSYCH 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Cognitive Dissonance, Social Rejection, Ambivalent Sexism
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Acts of violence increase after watching aggression. Being allowed to aggress at time one does not curb aggression at time two. Insufficient punishment (parent giving child a look) works due to cognitive dissonance: harsh punishment usually backfires, fails to provide information on what should do, judicial system. Punishment works when the punishment is prompt and certain (which our system is not) Judicial system is ineffective in light of these principles. Active enabling techniques: ways of coping (count to ten) Teach effective communication techniques (how to express anger) Prejudice: a hostile or negative attitude toward people in a distinguishable group, based solely on their membership in that group. Abcs: cognitive: stereotypes (negative thoughts about group, affective: some refer to this as prejudice, behavioral: discrimination (actions towards group) The positive components can have negative ramifications. Hostile sexism ( most women fail to appreciate all that men do for. If blondes are more fun, then they are not fun them )
