Social Relations Attraction Conflict and Prejudice Altruism and

Social Relations Attraction Conflict and Prejudice Altruism and Peacemaking How do we relate to others? Aggression

Stereotypes, Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice: • Undeserved (usually negative) attitude towards a group of people. Stereotype: • Overgeneralized idea about a group of people. Discrimination: • An action based on a prejudice.

Is it just race? NO • Palestinians and Jews • RHS and PHS • Men and Women

Implicit Bias

How does prejudice occur? Just world Phenomenon In-Group versus Out. Groups. • In-Group Bias Scapegoat Theory

Prejudices can often lead to a…. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • A prediction that causes itself to be true. • Rosenthal and Jacobson’s “Pygmalion in the Classroom” experiment.

Psychology of Aggression Theories of Aggression: Bandura’s Modeling Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Aggression and TV Watches = • By the time you are 18, you spend more time in front of TV than in school • 2/3 of all homes have 3 or more sets & average 51 hours a week. • By the time a child finishes elementary school they have witnessed 8000 murders and 100, 000 other acts of violence on TV alone • Over half of all deaths do NOT show the victim's pain • As media use has grown exponentially, as does violent behavior- a strong positive correlation. • How do you think media has effected sexual aggression?

Conflict • A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals or ideas. • Social trap or prisoner's dilemma.