SUNY College at Buffalo
Sociology 330: Social Psychology
Study Guide for Exam #4
Instructor: Dr. Zhang Jie
Chapter Twelve: Aggressive Behavior
Definitions
assertiveness
aggression: hostile aggression vs. instrumental aggression
Nature of aggression
Hobbes
Rousseau
Freud
Kuo
Aggression correlates and factors that cause aggression
gender
alcohol
pain and discomfort
temperature
frustration
expectation
poverty (relative deprivation)
aggressive objects
imitation and learning
violent pornography
Chapter Thirteen: Prejudice
Definition
prejudice and its three components
prejudice as negative attitude
attitudes
discrimination
Consequence of being the target of prejudice
Nature of prejudice
Clark and Clark (1947)
Goldberg (1968)
Stereotype
positive vs. negative
resistance to change
Ethnocentrism
Chapter Fourteen: Health and the Environment
Psychological ill and suicide
causes of suicide
The social readjustment rating scale (Holmes and Rahe, 1967)
Health, psychological well-being, and environment
the effects of stress
the effects of placebo
sense of control and responsibility
stressors in life
the effect of noise
the effect of crowding and density