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Understanding Social Relations: Attraction, Conflict, and Prejudice

Explore the dynamics of social relations, from attraction and altruism to aggression and prejudice. Delve into topics like stereotypes, discrimination, implicit bias, aggression theories, media influence, and conflict resolution. Understand how prejudices shape behaviors and learn about psychological phenomena like the self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Understanding Social Relations: Attraction, Conflict, and Prejudice

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

  2. 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.

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

  4. Implicit Bias

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

  6. 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.

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

  8. 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?

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

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