Module 57

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What influences aggression in the neural system?

Hormones, alcohol, and other substances in the blood

Believing the world is just and people get what they deserve

Just-World Phenomenon

If rewarded for aggression it may ____

continue

Ingroup bias

favoring of one's own group instead of others

The frustration-aggression principle states that...

frustration creates anger which may generate aggression especially in the presence of an aggressive cue (gun)

Name three things that may evoke hostility...

frustration, physical pain, personal insults, foul odors, and/or hot temp.

Prejudice is based on

gender, race, and sexual orientation

The catharsis hypothesis is the...

idea that we will feel better if we "blow off steam" by venting our emotions

"Us" is to _____, as "them" is to _____

ingroup; outgroup

Higher testosterone levels in males equal _____, low tolerance for frustration, _____, and ______.

irritability, assertiveness, impulsiveness

Humans are ____ sensitive to hormonal changes

less

Theory that offers an outlet for anger by providing someone o blame...

scapegoat theory

Mirror image perception is....

seeing "them" as untrustworthy and evil intention so they see "us"

We _____ with certain groups and ____ ourselves with others

associate; contrast

Prejudice is to ________ as discrimination is to _______

attitude; negative behavior

Putting people into groups and tending to overestimate the similarity of those in other groups

categorization

A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas

conflict

prejudice

an unjustifiable ( and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members; usually involving stereotype beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action

When something goes wrong we look for someone to blame, someone outside of "us"...

anger

Emotional Roots of Prejudice include...

anger and scapegoat theory

Ethnic groups are often categorized by...

appearance, personality, and attitudes

Kids who play violent games often get into _______, fights, and have worst _____

arguments; grades

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

Aggression

______ is most destructive in our social relations..

Aggression

What are the cognitive roots of prejudice?

Categorization, vivid cases, and the just-world phenomenon

______ is considered rejecting immigrant minorities as job applicants for supposedly nonracial reason

Modern Prejudice

The idea that some women invite or enjoy rape and get "swept away" while being "taken"

Rape myth

Stereotype

a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized belief about a group of people

Aggression affirms from any interaction of ______ and _______.

biology; experience

A social trap is known as a situation in which ________ parties, by each pursuing their self-interest, becoming caught in mutually ____

destructive behavior

Significant behaviors usually have ______, making a single explanation or an ________

determinants; over simplication

Human aggression is influenced by...

genes

Assuming that those who succeed must be ____, and those who fail must be _____.

good; bad

Economically frustrate people have a ____ level of prejudice

high

Frustration results in

high levels of prejudice

Delinquency, hard drug use, and aggressive-bullying all correlate with...

high levels of testosterone

Vivid cases are readily available to our _____ therefore influencing our ______ on a group

memory; judgments

Examples of social inequalities are...

money, power, and worthiness

Those made miserable often make ....

others miserable

When "disciplining" a child for aggression with aggression, the parent is really...

rewarding the child for such behavior

If a person is lazy, ignorant, and irresponsible he/she is considered to be ____ according to social inequalities

slavelike

discrimination

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group or its members

Blame-the-victim-dynamic can best be described as...

using the circumstances of high poverty rates to increase crime rate; the process of justifying negative stats, on the lower class


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