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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






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






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






4. The people we think we should be.

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5. 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.






6. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






9. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






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






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






12. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






19. Central Route - Systematic Processing






20. The people we want to be.

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






22. 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.






23. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






26. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






27. 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.






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






29. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. Stereotyping Increases as.






37. Stereotyping Increases as.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The diversity of self aspects people develop for various roles.






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