Antisocial Relations

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to antisocial relations in psychology, particularly focusing on prejudice, aggression, and their various influences.

Prejudice

An unjustifiable and usually negative attitude toward a group and its members, consisting of negative emotions, stereotypes, and a predisposition to discriminate.

Explicit Prejudice

A clear and conscious awareness of negative attitudes or beliefs about a group.

Implicit Prejudice

An unthinking, automatic response to individuals based on their group membership, often without conscious awareness.

Colorism

Discrimination based on skin color, typically favoring lighter skin tones within a racial or ethnic group.

Scapegoat Theory

The theory that prejudice arises from the need to blame someone for one's frustrations, often targeting a group as a scapegoat.

Ingroup Bias

The tendency to favor one's own group over others, leading to preferential treatment and attitudes.

Other-race Effect

The tendency for people to more easily recognize and remember faces of their own race compared to those of other races.

Frustration-aggression Principle

The principle suggesting that frustration creates anger, which can in turn generate aggression.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Biochemical Influences on Aggression

Factors such as hormones (e.g., testosterone) and substances (e.g., alcohol) that can increase aggressive behavior.