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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






3. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






6. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






7. Central Route - Systematic Processing






8. We have more situational information about ourselves than we do for others. -Also others behavior is salient. -Could also be because we view selves in positive light.






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






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






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






12. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






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






14. 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






15. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






17. 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).






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






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






20. Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Randomly assigned morning types and evening types - and led experiment during morning - noon - and evening. Subjects read evidence about Robert Garner - and Roberto Garcia - found Roberto Garcia rated more negatively at morning time.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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40. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






41. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.