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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Persuasion processes fall along a 'continuum' of cognitive processing. Consider this as synonyms with superficial vs systematic processing.






2. 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






3. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






5. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






7. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






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






16. Measured in several groups. Results showed blacks had average higher self esteem relative to whites - while other groups had lower self esteem in comparison to whites.`






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






18. The people we want to be.

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19. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






20. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Message Learning Approach






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






32. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






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






37. 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).






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






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






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






41. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






42. Avoid effortful thinking.






43. Stereotyping Increases as.






44. 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.






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






46. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






47. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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48. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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