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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






7. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






10. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






12. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






13. Found that people were frieghtened into thinking they would receive shocks sought others in the same situation- influenced behavior.






14. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






20. The people we want to be.

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






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






23. 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.`






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






25. Central Route - Systematic Processing






26. Avoid effortful thinking.






27. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 1/2 told 60% answers right - 1/2 told 40%. Also told either that their average was 20% better or worse. People like more that they were better than average.






41. The people we want to be.

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42. 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.






43. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






46. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






48. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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