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Social Psychology

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






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






6. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






10. The extent to which people are sensitive to the demands of social situations and shape their behavior accordingly.






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






12. 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.






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






14. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






16. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






25. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






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






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






28. 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).






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






30. 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.






31. 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).






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






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






34. 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






35. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






39. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






40. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).






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






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






43. Superficial Processing.






44. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






46. 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.`






47. 1/2 told 60% answers right - 1/2 told 40%. Also told either that their average was 20% better or worse. People like more that they were better than average.






48. Doing something because you want to.






49. The idea that emotional experience is the result of a two-step self-perception process in which people first experience physiological arousal and then seek an appropriate explanation for it






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