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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Attention - Comprehension - Yielding (attitude change) - Retention.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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).






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. Pair neutral objects with stimuli that already bring about desired response. EX Mothballs->Grandparents->Pleasant feelin Mothball-->Pleasant Feeling.






19. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






22. 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.`






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






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






25. 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.






26. Superficial Processing.






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






28. 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).






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






30. 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






31. Message Learning Approach






32. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






34. 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.






35. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






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






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






48. Doing something because you want to.






49. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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