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1. Discuss differences in terms: prejudice, discrimination, racism, stereotyping
2. Recent research on prevalence of prejudice and stereotyping
3. How racial prejudice (toward African Americans) has changed since the 1940’s
4. Describe the research by Clark and Clark
5. Cross cultural study from 27 countries on gender
6. Social Dominance Orientation- Characteristics, career choice/social dominance
7. Altmeyer’s research on social dominance
8. Church membership and prejudice
9. Pettigrew’s study in South Africa- Who was the most prejudiced?
10. Theories of Aggression
11. Types of aggression-hostile and instrumental
12. Frustration-aggression hypothesis-research by Dollard and Berkowitz
13. Displaced aggression
14. Biological theories of aggression-Freud, Lorenz
15. Brain activity associated with aggression
16. Neural influence on aggression
17. Effect of alcohol on aggression
18. Relationship between testosterone and aggression
19. Realistic Group Conflict Theory- Gause’s Law
20. In group - Out group Bias-When are we more prone to in-group bias?
21. Group-serving Bias
22. Out-group Homogeneity Effect
23. Just World Phenomenon
24. Sub-grouping versus sub-typing
25. Stereotype threat
26. Define aggression
27. Relative Deprivation Theory
28. Adaptation level theory
29. Research by Bandura on aggression
30. Aggression as a learned response
31. Research on role of family influence on aggression
32. Relationship between parental (father abuse and violence)
33. Correlation between having been abused and abusing own children
34. Triggers for aggression-Berkowitz
35. Effect of sexually violent movies on rape
36. Effect of violent TV and domestic abuse
37. Relationship between heat and violent activity
38. Catharsis hypothesis
39. Anderson’s research on video games
40. Effect of social ostracism on the brain (especially from the internet)
41. Relationship between aggression and intelligence
42. Schacter/Singer (1962)
43. Berkowitz
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