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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






2. As a ability or motivation is lacking. Similar to relying on stereotypes when not thinking.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






15. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






18. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






20. Any unjustified positive or negative behavior dierected toward a social group and its members.






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






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. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






24. 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.






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






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






27. The people we think we should be.

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






29. Found that people were frieghtened into thinking they would receive shocks sought others in the same situation- influenced behavior.






30. 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.






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






32. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






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. The people we want to be.

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






39. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






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






41. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






43. 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.






44. The people we think we should be.

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45. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






46. 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






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






48. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






49. 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






50. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.