02/24/14 Social Relations

• How do we relate to others?
• Attraction
• Conflict and Prejudice
• Aggression
• Prejudice
• An unjustifiable attitude towards a group of people.
• Usually involves stereotyped belief (A generalized belief about a group of people.)
• Social Inequalities (A principle reason behind prejudice.)

• Social Inequalities (A principle reason behind prejudice)
• Ingroup- "Us"- People with whom one shares a common identity
• Outgroup- "Them"- those perceived as different than one's ingroup.
• Ingroup bias- The tendency to favor one's own group.
• Scapegoat Theory
• The theory that prejudice provided an outlet for anger by providing someones to blame.
• Aggression
• Any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroyed.
• The psychology of aggression
• Frustration- Aggressive Principle
• The blocking of an attempt to achieve some goal.
• Creates anger which generates aggression
• Goals can be:
• Sports or work
• Relationship
• Conflict
• A perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas
• Social trap or prisoner's dilemma

• Just- World Phenomenon
• Belief that those who suffer deserve their fate,
• Reciprocity Norm
• The expectation that people will only help those who have helped them.
• Social Responsibility
• The expectation that people will help those who depend on them.