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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Tend to shape their behavior for their audience and situations.






2. Attention - Comprehension - Yielding (attitude change) - Retention.






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






4. Stereotyping Increases as.






5. An account of attitude change developed by psychologist Daryl Bem. It asserts that people develop their attitudes by observing their behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.






6. 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.`






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






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






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






10. Message Learning Approach






11. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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






13. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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14. 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.






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






16. Doing something because you want to.






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






18. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






20. The extent to which people are sensitive to the demands of social situations and shape their behavior accordingly.






21. Randomly assigned morning types and evening types - and led experiment during morning - noon - and evening. Subjects read evidence about Robert Garner - and Roberto Garcia - found Roberto Garcia rated more negatively at morning time.






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






23. Measured in several groups. Results showed blacks had average higher self esteem relative to whites - while other groups had lower self esteem in comparison to whites.`






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






25. Avoid effortful thinking.






26. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






27. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






28. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






29. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.

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30. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.






31. Injected males with epinephrine. 1 group told of the true effects of drug - 1 group not told - 1 group received placebo. Then left with confederate who were told was in same situations - he acted either angry or happy. Results showed those not aware






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






33. 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.






34. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






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






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






37. The theory that certain types of direct contact between groups will reduce prejudice. More contact is thought to increase the amount of information learned.






38. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






39. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






42. We tend to attribute our own behaviors to situational causes while seeing others behaviors as caused by internal characteristics. Especially when behaviors are negative.






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






44. A covert computer based measure derived from the speed at which people respond to paring of a concept. (How quickly associate minorities with danger).






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






46. A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people -. formed by associating particular characteristics with a particular group.






47. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






49. A covert computer based measure derived from the speed at which people respond to paring of a concept. (How quickly associate minorities with danger).






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