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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. THat increased incentive leads greater likelihood of attitude change.






2. 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.






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






4. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






7. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






9. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






18. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






21. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






23. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






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






25. Central Route - Systematic Processing






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.`






30. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






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