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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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).






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






3. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






5. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






6. 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.






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






8. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






10. The people we want to be.


11. A narrower more specific social group that is part of a broad social group.






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. Avoid effortful thinking.






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. Superficial Processing.






33. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






34. 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.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.


41. 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.`






42. 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.






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






44. Stereotyping Increases as.






45. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.


46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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