What is the main premise of the frustration aggression hypothesis?
The disequilibrium of frustration caused by impeded goal attainment leads to aggression
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What did a recent study testing the FAH find? (Breur, Scharow & Quandt, 2013)
Losing in a rigged videogame led to negative affect and higher frustration levels which were in turn related to higher levels of aggression
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Which are the main concepts in social identity theory?
Social categorisation (ingroup) and Social comparison (ingroup v.s outgroup) + POSITIVE SOCIAL IDENTITY
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How does social identity theory explain prejudice and discrimination?
If the distinctiveness of the group identity is perceived to be threatened, increased effort will be made to make the ingroup dissimilar to outgroup (prejudice)
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What is the main critique of social identity theory?
The individual context is ignored
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What did a fMRI study by Harris & Fiske (2009) show about effects of dehumanisation?
Observed reduced brain activity in regions associated with empathy in TOM of perpetrators.
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What is implicit prejudice?
Prejudice that lies beneath concious awareness, may influence behaviours that are difficult to control (e.g eye movement)
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What did research using the IAT by Stanley et al (2011) show?
There was no overall difference between white and black faces on trustworthiness or willing to share, but there was a pro-white bias
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What is extended contact?
When ingroup members have outgroup friends
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What is imagined contact?
Mentally simulating a meeting with outgroup members
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What is vicarious contact?
When positive behaviours are acquired through observing ingroup/outgroup relationships
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What was the main finding of an extended contact study by Vezzali et al (2014)?
The children who identified with Harry had better attitudes to outgroup members compared to those who identified with voldemort in the passage
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What did a recent study testing the FAH find? (Breur, Scharow & Quandt, 2013)
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Losing in a rigged videogame led to negative affect and higher frustration levels which were in turn related to higher levels of aggression
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Which are the main concepts in social identity theory?
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