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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Argued we form positive association to the sight of our own name - and are drawn to people and places that resemble this. (Mike from Michigan - Denise the Dentist).






2. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






3. An unpleasant state caused by people's awareness of inconsistency among various beliefs - attitudes or actions. We are motivated to achieve and maintain cognitive consistency to avoid dissonance.






4. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






5. 1/3 kids draw pictures - 1/3 told would get award - 1/3 not told about reward before starting but received after. Those with unexpected reward had highest.






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






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






8. 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.






9. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






13. Initially played game for 20mins average - when given extra credit played 25mins (ave) - after reward stopped played only for 14min -






14. We desire self esteem - to be aligned with other people to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.






15. Superficial Processing.






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






17. A person has to remember the content of a for it to have a lasting impact.






18. An individual's positive or negative evaluation or himself/herself.






19. Conditional (Classical/Operant) - Mere exposure effect - Self-perception effects.






20. Found similar effects as Payne - in a video game simulation. Found all subjects include blacks were more likely to shoot a black holding a tool.`






21. Prejudice learned from others (teachers - parents - peers - media).






22. 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.






23. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






24. Any unjustified positive or negative behavior dierected toward a social group and its members.






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






26. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






27. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






28. 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.






29. Stereotyping Increases as.






30. Attitude structures cna be described in terms of three components: AFFECT BEHAVIOR COGNITION






31. Suppressing stereotypical thoughts makes them more likely for these thoughts to come out and influence future actions and thoughts.






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






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






34. Nonsense syllables visually and paired with positive or negative words via audio. Ex saw nonsense word but saw either 'sweet' or 'ugly'. Results showed people formed attitudes based on pairing of +/- words.






35. When people do not elaborate on the arguments of a communication but are instead swayed by factors that are peripheral to the message.






36. 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.






37. High Personal relevance had higher agreement if had strong argument vs weaker - which was also higher for strong arguments.






38. Those who cannot accept their own 'inner conflicts' believe in authority and see their own inadequacies in others. Thus prejudice acts as a protection from self doubts.






39. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






40. 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






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






42. Had subjects spend an hour performing really boring repetitive tasks. 1/3 received $20 to tell next subject that task was fun. 1/3 only received $1 - last 1/3 not asked to lie.






43. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






44. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






45. 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






46. As a ability or motivation is lacking. Similar to relying on stereotypes when not thinking.






47. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






48. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






50. 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.