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Social Psychology

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






2. 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.






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






4. The people we think we should be.

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






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






7. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






10. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






11. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






12. 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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13. Relies on subtle methods: Disguised questionaires -Elaborate cover stories -Physiological measures -Implicit reaction times.






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






15. 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.`






16. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






17. 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.`






18. Message Learning Approach






19. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






22. 1/3 kids draw pictures - 1/3 told would get award - 1/3 not told about reward before starting but received after. Those with unexpected reward had highest.






23. 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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






35. Avoid effortful thinking.






36. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






37. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






46. 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.






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






48. The people we think we should be.

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49. When people realize their behavior is caused by an EXTERNAL FACTOR they do not assume that it reflects their INTERNAL FEELINGS.`






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







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