Week
1
Prejudice,
discrimination and stereotypes
Prejudice today
Social psychological
sources of prejudice
Social Identity
theory
Effects of prejudice
on the victim
Aggression defined
Hostile vs.
instrumental aggression
Roots of aggression
Biological theories
Evolutionary theory
Frustration
Aggression Hypothesis
Aggression as a
learned social behavior
Aggression as a
social norm
Upbringing and
aggression
The cycle of violence
The media and
violence
Affiliation
Misery and company
Factors influencing
friendship and love
Proximity
Physical
attractiveness
Similarity and
dissimilarity
familiarity
matching hypothesis
The two factor theory
Sternberg’s theory of
love
Altruism
Volunteerism
Altruism vs. egoism
Why do people help?
Social Exchange
theory
Social norms of
altruism
Evolutionary bases of
helping
Bystander
intervention
Who helps others
Who gets helped