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Subject Index

Ability, attraction and, 366–370 escalation of, 265–267
Academic performance, stereotypes frustration and, 271–274, 276–278,
and, 145 295–296, 328–329
Accountability, conformity and, 24–25 gender differences in, 268–269
Acquired immunodeficiency heat and, 270–271
syndrome. See HIV/AIDS inhibitors of, 278
Actor-observer bias, 170–172 as innate vs. learned behavior,
Adolescents. See also Children 255–260
suicide among, 64–66 instrumental, 255
Advertising, 61. See also Mass in mass media, 62–63, 277,
communication 279–289
central vs. peripheral cues in, 73–75 effects on children, 279–283, 291
effectiveness of, 67–71 media depictions of, 62–63,
political, 66–67, 70–72 111–115, 139, 279–288
product, 67–70 modeling of, 279, 291, 294–297
as propaganda vs. education, 70–73 neurochemistry of, 267–271
Affirmative action, 318 pain and, 270–271
African Americans. See also Culture; priming in, 278
Race race and, 282
media depictions of, 60–61 reduction of, 289–299
stereotype threat and, 320–322. See empathy in, 297–299
also Stereotypes modeling in, 296–297
Aggression/violence, 253–299. See also punishment in, 291–294
Criminal behavior; Cruelty; reason in, 290–291
War rewards in, 294–296
alcohol and, 269–270 rejection and, 274–276
anonymity and, 278–279 relative deprivation and, 273–274
to attract public attention, 288–289 self-justification and, 204–207,
benefits of, 257, 260–267 226–232. See also Milgram’s
bullying and, 274–276, 294 obedience experiment
causes of, 267–289 sexual, 60, 284–288, 324
in children, 279–283, 290 victim dehumanization and,
cognitive dissonance and, 293–294 230–231, 265–267, 298
competition and, 261–262 Aggressive stimulus, 278
cultural aspects of, 258–259, 269 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS
definition of, 254–255 Alcohol, aggression and, 269–270
deindividuation and, 278–279 Altruism, 261–262
desensitization to, 283, 284 American Psychological Association,
displaced, 328–332 290
empathy and, 297–298 Amygdala, in aggression, 267