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Social Psych 336
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/12/2006

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aggressive action
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intentional beh aimed at causing pain
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hostile aggression
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aimed at hurting
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instrumental aggression
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means to a goal-not to cause pain
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Freud and aggression
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Eros (life), thanatos (death), hydraulic theory (emotional pressure)
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learned aggression evidence
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kitten raised with rat
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innate aggression evidence
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cichlids killing whatever's available
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aggression and culture
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Yanamamo/whites like to fight; Arapesh don't
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honor bound culture
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defending masculinity/honor---southern US where murder's up--application study
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physical variables
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amygdala, testosterone, serotonin
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male v. female aggression
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men more physical, women go after reputation/availability--reduce competition
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pain/discomfort and agression
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fight or flight--hotter temp--gun in the room
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excitation factor
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arousal from X displaced to Y--cold water---displacement
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frustration-aggression theory
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agg caused by frust, which occurs when progress to goals impeded
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frustration causing aggression
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doesn't seem to--only readies it--toy study w/ kids--school shootings
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catharsis
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letting it out-football players still aggressive-might be a learned behavior
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relative deprivation
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perception that you/group have less than you deserve/expect/others
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media violence
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i can do that too--that's how it's done--desensitization
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modeling behavior
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bobo doll study--modeling what you see--harsh punishment leads to frustration, displacement, excitation transfer----TEACH EMPATHY!
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prejudice (feeling) v. discrimination (treatment based on category) v. stereotypes (schemas)
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affect v. behavior v. cognitive
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bad thing about stereotypes
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don't ascribe individuality
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in groups and minimum group paradigm
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us v. them--ingroup people liked more-expected to reciprocate
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outgroup homogeneity
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them all the same
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ultimate att error
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dispositional attributions re: entire group
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illusory correlation
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seeing relationships that aren't there b/c of vivid incidents
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bookkeeping v. conversion v. subtyping
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modify stereo v. radical change v. creating new subgroup to keep stereo the same
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subtyping example
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introvert lawyer--small firm to deal w/ less people v. big firm to b/c anonmymous
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private v. public endorsement
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keeping to self v. public expression
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measuring prejudice
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explicit/implicit (reaction, priming)
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bonafide pipeline
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pos/neg word, then faces b/t words--reaction to positive word faster, then positive attitude toward color of face w/ word
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self-fulfilling prophecy
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expect--behave according to expectation--elicit confirmation from others--RECIPROCATED HOSTILITY
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causes of prejudice
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low self-esteem (lower class whites)--group competition (realistic conflict of limited resources and scapegoat during hard times)
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modern racism scale
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endorsing policies through questionnaires, etc.
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ambivalent racism
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mixed feelings-exaggerated response
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justification-suppression hypothesis
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egalitarian unless other excuse for discrim. behavior--money for pay phone
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how to cope with prejudice
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derogate importance of prejudice--lower self-esteem--expect negative interactions
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stereotype threat
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when stereo more accessible, can lower performance--asian women and math
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reducing prejudice
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contact hyp. (exposure) and teaching prejudice (eye study)
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media and prejudice
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endorsing stereotypes, grouping by ethnic (not SES)-stressing profession, reporting % difference w/in status, religion, etc.
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individuating v. prejudice
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accuracy, have motivation and cog. resources, see contradictions contra stereotype
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mental state and physical health
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life issues=sickness (social readjustment scale)
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diathesis stress model
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clinical psych-predisposition for mental illness-occurs when stress above certain level
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interpreting stress
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watching finger chopping from different angles
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perceived control and health
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positive correlation--even when cause is unstoppable, some consequential control improves chances/health--nursing home study and visiting control
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self-efficacy
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belief in ability to produce desired outcome-domain specific--can be instilled through belief control
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learned helplessness v. stable attribution v. internal att v. global att
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pessimism from stable,internal, global factors v. unchanging stuff v. your fault v. broad reason for failure
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social support and stress
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others can support/understand--better for females
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environment facts
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landfills and birth defects, 4.6 lbs of refuse per American per day
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density and crowding
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# of ind in a space v. subjective discomfort caused
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sensory overload
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too much can drain us--noise a big one--airports/highways and blood pressure in kids
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normative influence and behavior change
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signs and meter read (what others are doing, too)--then survey and personal accountability---people THINK concern is most important, but really it is NEIGHBORS
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conviction winners
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witness and confession
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memory issues for witnesses
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acquisition (distraction, race, duration, expectation), storage (bump and crash), retrieval (unsconscious transference, telescopic memory)
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