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Social Psychology

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. The people we want to be.

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






25. 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.






26. The people we want to be.

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






28. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






29. 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.






30. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






33. Gave participants a long list of names paired with different words. 1/2 paired neg. words with 'George' and neutral words with 'Ed' (VV). After leaving room subjects talked with either 'Ed Fuller' or 'George Foster'. Results showed people were viewed






34. 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).






35. When people do not elaborate on the arguments of a communication but are instead swayed by factors that are peripheral to the message.






36. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






41. We have more situational information about ourselves than we do for others. -Also others behavior is salient. -Could also be because we view selves in positive light.






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






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






44. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






45. 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






46. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






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






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






49. 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.






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







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