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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






2. A motive for choosing behaviors that are intended to reflect and express the self concept.






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






4. 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.`






5. 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).






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






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






8. Behavior toward a social group and its members. The way our attitude influences how we act or behave.






9. Process of identifying individuals as members of a social group because they share typical features of a group. When people are perceived as members of a group not as individuals.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






16. Own Mood States - Message Length - Source Attractiveness - Source Credibility.






17. The people we think we should be.


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






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






20. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






23. 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.






24. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






26. Doing something because you want to.






27. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






28. Subjects read persuasive message in favor of tuition increase. 1/2 received message that had only strong arguments. 1/2 received for weak. Results showed high NFC participants were persuaded b strong arguments vs weak.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Subjects read persuasive message in favor of tuition increase. 1/2 received message that had only strong arguments. 1/2 received for weak. Results showed high NFC participants were persuaded b strong arguments vs weak.






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






35. 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).






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






37. We may often draw inferences from our thoughts - feelings and behaviors.






38. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






44. When an expected external incentive such as money or prizes decreases a persons intrinsic motivation to perform a task.






45. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






47. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






49. Message Learning Approach






50. 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.