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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. Avoid effortful thinking.






7. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






18. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






19. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






22. 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).






23. Gave British subjects photos of a day in the life of a skinhead - told to write about him. 1/2 told to avoid stereotypes. Then were told they would meet him in a room - but He was out - they then measured how far they sat. Those that were told to avo






24. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






25. People don't need to have unpleasant tension and inconsistency to change. People might simply observe their own behaviors.






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






34. Superficial Processing.






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. 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






41. An attitude toward the members of some groups based solely on their memberships in that group (can be positive or negative).






42. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






44. Gave participants a long list of names paired with different words. 1/2 paired neg. words with 'George' and neutral words with 'Ed' (VV). After leaving room subjects talked with either 'Ed Fuller' or 'George Foster'. Results showed people were viewed






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






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






47. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






49. 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.






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