PSY100Y5 Study Guide - Agreeableness, Robert Sternberg, Richard Petty
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race and ethnicity emerge as the most common cause of reported hate crimes. blacks are the most common target of racially oriented hate crimes. Jews are the most frequent victims of religion based hate crimes. aboriginals often been targets of racism and stereotyping. ethnic composition of canada is changing but there is also an increase in the visible minorities: increase in visible minorities resulted from immigration, members of visible minorities are often targets of racism. emigrating from another country may challenge immigrants to weigh traditional values against the new values they find. social psychology: branch of psychology concerned with the way individual"s thoughts, feelings, and behaviours are influenced by others. social psychologists study how people are affected by actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. social psychologists often study individual behaviour in a social context. our impressions of others are affected by variety of factors including physical appearance.
