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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. A motive for choosing behaviors that are intended to elicit a desired impression of the self.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. The people we want to be.


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






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Doing something because you want to.






22. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






24. Stereotyping Increases as.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. Stereotyping Increases as.






31. 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.






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






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






34. Found similar effects as Payne - in a video game simulation. Found all subjects include blacks were more likely to shoot a black holding a tool.`






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






36. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






38. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






39. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Central Route - Systematic Processing






45. Nonsense syllables visually and paired with positive or negative words via audio. Ex saw nonsense word but saw either 'sweet' or 'ugly'. Results showed people formed attitudes based on pairing of +/- words.






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






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






48. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






49. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






50. Attention - Comprehension - Yielding (attitude change) - Retention.