What is the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame?

The scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another

The theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the persons disposition

Fundamental attribution error

The tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition

Feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predisposed us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events

Central route to persuasion

Occurs when interested people focus on the arguments and respond with favorable thoughts

Peripheral route to persuasion

Occurs when people are influenced by incidental cues, such as a speaker's attractiveness

Foot-in-the-door phenomenon

The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request

A set of explanations about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave

Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with the group standard

Normative social influence

Influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

Informal social influence

Influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions about reality

Stronger responses on simple or well learned tasks in the presence of others

The tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts towards attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and an anonymity

The enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within the group

The mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

And unjustifiable attitude toward a group and its members

A generalized belief about a group of people

Unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

"us" - people with whom we share a common identity

"them" - those perceived as different or apart from our ingroup

The tendency to favor our own group

The theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame

The tendency to recall faces of one's own race more accurately than faces of other races

The tendency for people to believe the world is just and that people therefore get what they deserve and deserve what they get

Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy

Frustration-aggression principle

The principle that frustration- the blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal- creates anger, which can generate aggression.

The phenomenon that repeated exposure to novel stimuli increasing liking of them

An aroused state of intense positive absorption in another, usually present at the beginning of a love relationship

The deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined

A condition in which people receive from a relationship proportion to what they give to it

Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others

Unselfish regard for the welfare of others

The tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

The theory that our social behavior is an exchange process, the aim of which is to maximize the benefits and minimize costs

An expectation that people will help, not hurt, those who have helped them

Social-responsibility norm

An expectation that people will help those dependent upon them

A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas

A situation in which the conflicting parties, by each rationality pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior

Mutual view was often held by conflicting people, as when each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side is evil and aggressive

Shared goals that override differences among people and require their corporation

Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction-- a strategy designed to decrease international tensions

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34.Which theory most clearly suggests that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providingsomeone to blame when things go wrong?A)discriminationB)the just-world phenomenonC)social scriptsD)scapegoat theoryAns:DAPA Outcome:1.1

Difficulty:EasyLO:44-1MCAT:8A, 8CPage:352Topic:Emotional roots of prejudiceType:Factual/Definitional35.According to the scapegoat theory, prejudice is likely to result fromDAPA Outcome:1.1

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Difficulty:EasyLO:44-1MCAT:8A, 8CPage:542Topic:Emotional roots of prejudiceType:Factual/Definitional

36.Montel, a White university student, is on academic probation for poor grades. Ever since hereceived notice of his probation, Montel has become increasingly hostile toward racial minoritystudents and staff on campus. His increasing hostility can best be explained in terms ofC

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APA Outcome:1.1, 1.3Difficulty:MediumLO:44-1MCAT:8A, 8CPage:542Topic:Emotional roots of prejudiceType:Conceptual/Application37.Disparaging or belittling a despised outgroup provides people with a heightened sense ofC

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APA Outcome:1.3, 3.3Difficulty:DifficultLO:44-1MCAT:8A, 8CPage:543Topic:Emotional roots of prejudiceType:Factual/Definitional38.Although President Obama is of mixed race, White Americans typically perceive and labelhim as Black. Researchers believe this happens because White observers ________ thedistinctive physical features of the less-familiar Black minority.A)selectively attend toB)have negative attitudes regardingC)stereotypeD)have implicit associations about

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Difficulty:MediumLO:44-2MCAT:8A, 8CPage:543Topic:Cognitive roots of prejudice: forming categoriesType:Factual/Definitional39.People tend to perceive the members of an outgroup as ________ each other and themembers of an ingroup as ________ each other.B

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What is the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger?

AP Psychology - Unit 14 Vocabulary Review.

What are the cognitive roots of prejudice?

What are the cognitive roots of prejudice? The cognitive roots of prejudice grow from our natural ways of processing information: forming categories, remembering vivid cases, and believing that the world is just and that our own and our culture's ways of doing things are the right ways.

What principle explains why we help children and others who Cannot give back as much in return?

Reciprocity and Social Exchange One explanation for such behavior is based on the principle of reciprocal altruism (Trivers, 1971). Reciprocal altruism is the idea that if we help other people now, they will return the favor should we need their help in the future.

What is an unjustifiable attitude towards a group called?

Beliefs about the characteristics of the groups and the members of those groups are known as stereotypes. Prejudice refers to an unjustifiable negative attitude toward an outgroup. Stereotypes and prejudice may create discrimination.