OC440242

When we go into an interaction with an out-group we can either be having a good day or a bad day or neutral state. Merely being in an interaction w/ so

February 23rd 2015: when your group status is threatened is when we are most likely to see prejudice. If you feel you might lose your positive distinct

Our identity is made up of two components. Social identity - how the group we belong to are doing compared to other groups. both contribute to our self

It is very useful to know what is about to happen you. If stereotypes were useful in that way it would explain why people use them. If a stereotype is

Automatic differentiation between us and them us = the groups we belong to, them = the groups we do not belong to. Anything can be an in group is whate

Closed body language, failed eye contact etc. are all everyday uses of prejudice. Less everyday = targeting the jewish in the holocaust, rwanda, and sl

Fill it with information - a. k. a mostly stereotype information. Comes from parents (trust the info they give us - who got it from their parents), thr

Teddy roosevelt- refused to shoot a bear because it was across state boundaries. Endorsed, people bought the bear to promote conservation, and it becam

Five w"s (basis of news reports: who (does the reporting, what (gets reported, where (does the issue get reported, why (does the issue get reported, wh

Chapter 6: attitudes and attitude change (excl. pgs 163-174) Attitude: an evaluation of a person, object or idea. Although attitudes have affective, co

Describing distributions with numbers ( numbers = numerical values of statistics) Sum the values (xi"s) and divide by the number of values (n, also kno

Prosocial behaviour: any act performed with the goal of benefiting another person. Altruism: the desire to help others, even if it involves a cost to t

Social cognition: the way people think about themselves and the social world- how they select, interpret, remember social info to make judgements & dec

One of the simplest determinants of interpersonal attraction is proximity. Propinquity effect: the finding that the more we see and interact with peopl

Aggression is intentional behaviour aimed at causing either physical or psychological pain. Whether or not this succeeds in its goal, it is aggression.

Flows from minority groups to majority groups and vice versa. Any group can be a target of stereotyping & prejudice. Stereotypes are more likely to be

Research design: a broad structure that guides the collection & analysis of data. Nomothetic explanations: supposed to apply to humanity in general, no

Conformity: a change in behaviour as a result of the real or imagined influence of other people. The tendency to conform to the behaviour of others is