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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






2. 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.






3. The people we think we should be.

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






5. 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.






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






7. The people we think we should be.

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8. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






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






23. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






24. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






26. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






28. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






43. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






44. 1/2 told 60% answers right - 1/2 told 40%. Also told either that their average was 20% better or worse. People like more that they were better than average.






45. 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.






46. 1/2 told 60% answers right - 1/2 told 40%. Also told either that their average was 20% better or worse. People like more that they were better than average.






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






48. 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.






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






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