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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






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






3. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






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






8. Avoid effortful thinking.






9. 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.






10. Doing something because you want to.






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






12. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






16. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






17. 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.






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






19. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






29. 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).






30. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






36. 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.






37. We may often draw inferences from our thoughts - feelings and behaviors.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. The people we think we should be.

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






45. 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.






46. 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).






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






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






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






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







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