COMD 2050 Chapter : Ch 6 Morphology Spring2013
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Chapter 9: distinctiveness the act of perceiving people who stand out. It"s a phenomenon that deals: group serving bias the explaining away outgroup members" positive behaviors, also attributing negative behaviors to their dispositions. Ex: believe marriage will fail, so scared about it that the marriage does actually fail: stereotype threat disruptive concern when facing a negative stereotype that one will be evaluated on said negative stereotype. Ex: asian afraid that he will be judged since he"s not good at math: consequences of prejudice its biases judgment of people, but strong stereotypes matter. Stereotypes bias how we see events, evaluate things that more extremely when behavior violates stereotypes. Biochemical influences 1) alcohol enhances 2) high testosterone 3) low serotonin 4) biology and behavior interact with each other: frustration the blocking of goal-directed behavior. The children were more likely to imitate aggression towards the bobo doll if they saw adults act aggressive towards the doll first: aversive incidents important!!!
