PSYC 107 1nd Edition Lecture 35 Outline of Last Lecture I Social Influence II Obedience to Authority III Individual Behavior in a Group IV Deindividuation Outline of Current Lecture I Group Polarization II Social Relations III Altruism IV Effects of Stereotyping V Bystander Intervention Current Lecture I Group Interaction Group Polarization Enhances a group s prevailing attitudes through a discussion Cohesiveness Risky shift read in book Groupthink A mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony Avoiding groupthink Have a leader wait to voice opinion Using expert from the outside Having a devil s advocate II Social Relations Social psychology reaches us how we relate to one another Prejudice Derived from prejudgment A unjusitifiable usually negative attitude toward a group and its memebers Usually directed towards different cultural ethnic and gender groups Components These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III Beliefs Stereotypes Emotions hostility envy fear Predisposition to act Close up Implicit racial associations Unconscious patronization Race influenced perceptions Seeing black Reflexive body responses Social roots of prejudice Social inequity increases prejudice you get what you deserve mentality Makes the world feel like a better place Social divisions ingroup and outgroup Ingroup bias identities are based on group membership Us vs them Team homogeneous vs heterogeneous Emotional scapegoat Scapegoat theory when people feel bad or insecure it helps restore their self esteem by putting down others Cognitive roots of prejudice Categorization Vivid case only remember what is most vivid Overcoming prejudice Conflict perceive incompatibility of actions or ides Create a goal that the two groups together can complete together Give them a reason to join together Jigsaw classrooms classrooms during when they were first desegregated used cooperation rather than competition Cooperation toward a reward over a shared threat Altruism An unselfish regard for the welfare of others Factors that influence Situation influences Victim characteristics Moods Happy people help more Individual and gender differences Men IV V Extraverted Medical workers Effects of stereotyping Stereotype threat The fear or apprehension that confirm negative stereotypes about group membership Members of stereotyped group sometimes perform more poorly on tests because they are distracted anxious about whether their performance will congfrim a negative stereotype held about the group s ability Bystander Intervention Kitty Genovese Raped and killed 30 people heard No one came to help Deletha Word It is better to have only one person around to help If there is a group of people they will all look around for what to do
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