Prejudice and Aggression Concepts

This set of flashcards covers key concepts related to prejudice and aggression as discussed in the lecture, including types of biases, emotional roots of prejudice, and the nature of love.

Explicit Bias

Consciously aware biases that influence behavior.

Implicit Bias

Unconscious biases that affect behaviors without awareness.

Ingroup Bias

The tendency to favor one's own group ('us') over others ('them').

Scapegoat Theory

The theory that prejudices arise from the desire to blame others for one's problems.

Frustration-Aggression Principle

The principle that frustration leads to anger, which can result in aggression.

Passionate Love

An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another.

Companionate Love

A deep affectionate attachment that typically emerges as relationships mature.

Mere-Exposure Effect

The phenomenon where people tend to like things more after being exposed to them repeatedly.

Victim Blaming

The tendency to hold victims responsible for the harm that befell them, often as a way to feel safer.

Aggression

Behavior intended to harm another individual, influenced by genetic and biochemical factors.

Altruism

unselfishly helping others

reciprocity norm

returning favors

bystander effect

less likely to help if others are present

when is the bystander effect most likely to occur?

1. when others prevent us from noticing

2. when others keep us from interpreting the event as an emergency

3. when someone else seems more responsible

social exchange theory

weighing the benefits and costs of helping (pros and cons)