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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. We may often draw inferences from our thoughts - feelings and behaviors.






2. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






3. Superficial Processing.






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






5. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






16. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






17. 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.






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






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






20. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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






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






34. Persuasion processes fall along a 'continuum' of cognitive processing. Consider this as synonyms with superficial vs systematic processing.






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






36. Superficial Processing.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.`






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






41. Stereotyping Increases as.






42. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.`