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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






2. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






3. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






19. Superficial Processing.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






26. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






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






30. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






31. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






44. Physical appearance - interest and goals - preferred activities - attitudes.






45. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






47. 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






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






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






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