PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes -September 11 Attacks, Social Exchange Theory, Panic Attack
9 Dec 2013
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Prejudice: means a pre-judgment is it an unjustifiable and usually negative attitude towards a group (of different cultural, ethnic, or gender group, it has 3 parts. Aggression: prejudice hurts, but aggression hurts more. The tendency to believe (after learning an outcome) that one would have foreseen. Example animals are bred for aggressiveness. Example identical twins are more likely to have the same short temper, rather than fraternal twins who could have different tempers. Aggression is a complex behavior and occurs in particular contexts. Given provocation, humans and animals will inhibit or facilitate aggressive behavior. Our genes engineer our individual nervous system which operates electrochemically. Humans are less sensitive to hormonal changes (as a man ages, his aggression and testosterone levels will diminish) Alcohol unleashes aggressive behaviors, a response to frustration. Alcohols affects are both biological and psychological. Simple, ambiguous acts (like a small bump) could be provocation enough.
