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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






2. A motive for choosing behaviors that are intended to elicit a desired impression of the self.






3. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






4. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






5. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






6. When people elaborate on a persuasion communication reading/listening carefully and thinking about the arguments (central merits) given.






7. A narrower more specific social group that is part of a broad social group.






8. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).






9. Primed words associated with stereotypes of blacks - or nonsense syllables.Then read description of person with traits related to stereotypes. Effects higher for those with high anti black prejudice.






10. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






11. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






12. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






13. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






14. Tend to shape their behavior for their audience and situations.






15. Found that people were frieghtened into thinking they would receive shocks sought others in the same situation- influenced behavior.






16. Message Learning Approach






17. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






18. Doing something because you want to.






19. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






20. Pair neutral objects with stimuli that already bring about desired response. EX Mothballs->Grandparents->Pleasant feelin Mothball-->Pleasant Feeling.






21. The idea that emotional experience is the result of a two-step self-perception process in which people first experience physiological arousal and then seek an appropriate explanation for it






22. Memory message content does not always matter in persuasion. Incentive based predictions do not always work.






23. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).






24. After telling subject were asked how much they enjoyed experiment honestly. Those paid $1 to lie rated the task as more enjoyable than those paid $20. Because incentive wasn't high enough those paid only $1 changed attitude toward task. Thus it isnt






25. Superficial Processing.






26. Relies on subtle methods: Disguised questionaires -Elaborate cover stories -Physiological measures -Implicit reaction times.






27. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






28. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






29. We have more situational information about ourselves than we do for others. -Also others behavior is salient. -Could also be because we view selves in positive light.






30. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






31. Persuasion processes fall along a 'continuum' of cognitive processing. Consider this as synonyms with superficial vs systematic processing.






32. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






33. THat increased incentive leads greater likelihood of attitude change.






34. The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.






35. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






36. Creating mental obstacles and excuses for selves - for if we do poorly on task we can fall back on.






37. People don't need to have unpleasant tension and inconsistency to change. People might simply observe their own behaviors.






38. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






39. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






40. Had subjects hear an audio message in favor of 'Senior Comprehensive Exams'. 1/2 given strong argument vs Weak.






41. The diversity of self aspects people develop for various roles.






42. Doing something because you want to.






43. Superficial Processing.






44. Called students at the U of Hawaii and asked their opinion about a new university festival. Students then heard statement about the festival and asked if they agreed or not. 1/2 were rewarded with 'good' when said good things - 1/2 when said bad.






45. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






46. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






47. Subjects had to decide appropriately - results found they were more likely to misidentify blacks with having a weapon.






48. Makes all members of a group seem more similar to each other than if they were not categorized. Also - categorization can also exaggerate differences between groups.






49. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






50. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.