Social Relations

Social relations: how do we relate to others?
-attraction
-conflict and prejudice
-alrtruism and peacemaking
-aggression

prejudice: an unjustifiable attitude towards a group of people
-overt
-subtle
-usually involves stereotyped beliefs    

Stereotype: generalized belief about a group of people

In-group: "us"; people with whom one shares a common identity

Out-group: "them"; those perceived as different than one's in-group

In-group bias: tendency to favor one's own group