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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Superficial 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. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






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






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






6. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






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






10. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






11. Behavior toward a social group and its members. The way our attitude influences how we act or behave.






12. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






20. A motive for choosing behaviors that are intended to reflect and express the self concept.






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






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






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






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






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






26. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






28. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






32. The people we want to be.

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33. Message Learning Approach






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. The people we think we should be.

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41. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






43. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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).






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