PSY 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Deindividuation, Group Polarization, Head Injury
23 Sep 2020
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Groupthink: when the want for agreeing overrules alternative options. Self-fulfilling prophecy: when because you believe something, it becomes true (ex. We falsely assume attractive people are nicer and better) Explicit prejudice: support for all forms of racial contact. Interracial dating implicit prejudice: less eye contact, nonverbal discomfort when interacting with those from other groups. Deindividuation: loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity (ex. Biology influences aggression at 3 levels: genetic influences, neural influences, biochemical influences. Reinforcement of aggressions leads to greater aggressive behavior. Believing that alcohol has been ingested (whether it has or hasn"t) A bystander is less likely to help if there are other bystanders are present. People are most likely to help if it is an emergency, they"ll assume responsibility for helping. Odds of being helped are increased if the person seems to deserve help or is a woman.
