Social Psychology
Talbot
Part Three
Social Relations
Chapters Nine & Ten
Prejudice: Disliking Others
Aggression: Hurting Others
The nature and power of prejudice
• What is prejudice?
• How pervasive is prejudice?
– Racial prejudice
– Gender prejudice
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Social sources of prejudice
• Social inequalities
– Unequal status and prejudice
– Religion and prejudice
– Discrimination’s impact: The self-fulfilling
prophecy
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Social sources of prejudice
• Social identity
– Ingroup bias
• Conformity
• Institutional supports
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Emotional sources of prejudice
• Frustration and aggression: The scapegoat
theory
• Personality Dynamics
– Need for status and belonging
– The authoritarian personality
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Cognitive sources of prejudice
• Attribution: Is it a just world?
– Group-serving bias
– The just-world phenomenon
• Cognitive consequences of stereotypes
– Are stereotypes self-perpetuating?
– Do stereotypes bias judgments of individuals?
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What is aggression?
• Hostile aggression
• Instrumental aggression
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Theories of aggression
• Is aggression inborn?
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Instinct theory
Neural influences
Genetic influences
Biochemical influences
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Theories of aggression
• Is aggression a response to frustration?
– Frustration-aggression theory revised
– Is frustration the same as deprivation?
– Does money alleviate frustration?
• Is aggression learned social behavior?
– The rewards of aggression
– Observational learning
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Influences on aggression
• Aversive incidents
• Arousal
• Media influences:
– Pornography
– Sexual violence
– Television
• Group Influences
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Reducing aggression
• Catharsis?
• A social learning approach
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