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Psych 495 Ch 5 Defs
Definitions from Chapter 05
Term | Definition |
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idealism | commitment to a cause and to achieving the cause's goals, even if doing so involves distasteful policies and actions; ex., patriotism |
instigators | a category of people used in discussing genocide - arouses the emotions that motivate perpetrators to carry out murders and bystanders to take no preventative action |
perpetrators | a category of people used in discussing genocide - carries out the murders of outgroup members that result in destruction or attempted destruction of the outgroup |
empathy | The degree to which a person feels sympathy with another's situation and compassion for others who are in need; other-oriented emotional response congruent with another's perceived welfare. |
intergroup emotions | feelings aroused when people think about or interact with members of social groups |
stereotype content model | model that classifies group stereotypes along the dimensions of warmth and competence |
bystanders | a category of people used in discussing genocide - members of the ingroup who do not participate in the murders but allow them to be carried out and thus give implied approval to genocide by their own inaction |
burning hate | strongest, most destructive version, combines disgust, fear/anger and contempt |
empathic concern | the tendency to experience feelings of sympathy and compassion for unfortunate others |
genocide | attempt by members of one social or cultural group to exterminate members of another |
intergroup anxiety | the discomfort many people experience when interacting with or anticipating an interaction with members of other groups |
perspective taking | the tendency to spontaneously adopt the psychological point of view of others in everyday life |
social norms | informal rules that groups develop that describe how to be a good group member |
personal distress | the tendency to experience distress and discomfort in response to extremem discomfort in others |
fantasy | the tendency to imaginatively transpose oneself into fictional situations |
motivation to control prejudice | because all people have some prejudice, some will have that response and then suppress it due to egalitarian aspects of their value systems |
incidental emotions | unrelated moods or emotions that are not broadly associated with a social group but are brought to an intergroup situation by an individual |