Unit 4 AP Psychology

2. a perceived incompatibility of actions, goals, or ideas
9. a set of expectation (norms) about a social position, defining how those in the position ought to behave
10. unselfish regard for the welfare of others
11. situation in which the conflicting parties by each rationally pursuing their self-interest, become caught in mutually destructive behavior
13. adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard
14. a condition in which people receive from a relationship in proportion to what they give to it
15. the tendency to favor our own group
16. an unjustifiable (and usually negative) attitude toward a group and its members. Prejudice generally involves stereotyped beliefs, negative feelings, and a predisposition to discriminatory action
17. feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to response in a particular way to objects, people, and events

1. revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others
3. "Us"-people with whom we share a common identity
4. unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members
5. the theory that prejudice offers an outlet for anger by providing someone to blame
6. an understood rule for accepted and expected behavior. Norms prescribe "proper" behavior
7. a generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people
8. the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next
12. any physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt or destroy