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Social Psychology

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1. Most Social Psychologist and Evolutionary psychologist agree. Contemporary social psychologist believe such phenomena results form similar social cognitive.






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






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






4. Avoid effortful thinking.






5. The people we want to be.

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






7. 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.






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






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. 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.`






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






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






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






33. Message Learning Approach






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






35. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






37. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






38. The people we think we should be.

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39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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







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