PSY 101 Chapter 45: Prosocial Relations (contin.)
10 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Enemy perceptions, psychologists have stated that those in conflicts have a curious tendency to create cruel images of one another. (1) mirror-image perceptions . : mutual views that often are held by conflicting people, as each side sees itself as ethical and peaceful and views the other side as evil. (2) example: maria is annoyed with juan, which juan might believe. Therefore, as enemies change, so do perceptions: promoting peace, contact, cooperation, communication, and conciliation transform the antagonisms and conflicts into attitudes that promote peace, contact, negative contact increases disliking b. Initially, prejudiced co-workers of different races have usually come to accept one another: contact has been correlated with more positive attitudes: Cross group friendships have led to more positive attitudes. Heterosexuals" attitudes toward gay people are influenced not only by what they know but also by whom they know. Friendly contact improves attitudes toward others of the different race.
