Aggression: Definitions and Influences

These flashcards cover key terms and concepts related to aggression, including definitions and theoretical frameworks discussed in the lecture.

Prejudice

A preconceived opinion or judgment about an individual or group, often based on characteristics such as race, ethnicity, or gender.

Stereotype

A widely held but oversimplified and generalized belief or idea about a particular group or class of people.

Discrimination

The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, often based on race, age, or sex.

Just-world phenomenon

The cognitive bias that assumes that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people.

Ingroup

A social group with which a person identifies, often leading to favoritism towards its members.

Outgroup

A social group with which an individual does not identify, leading to potential prejudice against its members.

Ingroup bias

The tendency to favor one's own group over other groups.

Scapegoat theory

The theory that prejudice arises from the desire to blame a group for one's problems or hardships.

Other-race effect

The tendency to recognize faces of one's own race better than those of other races.

Aggression

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to harm someone, whether out of hostility or for a calculated aim.

Frustration-aggression principle

The principle that frustration leads to aggression.

Social script

Culturally provided guidelines for how to act in specific social situations.