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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






6. Doing something because you want to.






7. 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






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






9. 1/2 subject given easy questions and told that they did better than average (non ego threatning) (ViceVersa). Then had those ego-threatened interact with others who didn't take test. Subjects that didn't take test rated the ego-threatened people as l






10. 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.






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






12. 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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13. THat increased incentive leads greater likelihood of attitude change.






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






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






16. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






18. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






19. 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.






20. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






31. 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).






32. An individual's overall image of himself or herself.






33. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 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).






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






47. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






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