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Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






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






16. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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17. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






18. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






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






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






21. The people we want to be.

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






24. Message Learning Approach






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






26. The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.






27. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






28. THat increased incentive leads greater likelihood of attitude change.






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






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






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






32. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






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






38. The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Injected males with epinephrine. 1 group told of the true effects of drug - 1 group not told - 1 group received placebo. Then left with confederate who were told was in same situations - he acted either angry or happy. Results showed those not aware






50. 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