PSYC 2040 : Test 3 Notes
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Holocaust jews had been blamed and hated for centuries. Competition over scares resources produces great danger of serious conflict. Can influence others by saying its necessary for survival. Part of answer who am i that comes from our group memberships. Things we build our social identity on based on group memberships. Can be bad when the social sources are bad ex gangs. When people feel threatened they tend to think about. People"s self-protective emotional and cognitive responses when confronted with reminders of their mortality. Being in group helps your self-esteem and helps you value yourself. Motivation to avoid prejudice can lead people to modify their thoughts and actions. People feeling bad and self-conscious about their prejudice and try to inhibit prejudicial responses. Think about why you automatically thought like that. Social identity theory implies that those who feel their social identity keenly will concern themselves with correctly categorizing people _____________
