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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






4. Found similar effects as Payne - in a video game simulation. Found all subjects include blacks were more likely to shoot a black holding a tool.`






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






6. 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






7. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






8. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






10. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






13. 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.






14. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






15. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. The people we want to be.

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24. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






28. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






29. The people we think we should be.

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30. 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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31. 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






32. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






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






45. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






46. Tend to shape their behavior for their audience and situations.






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






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






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






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