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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






2. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






4. The theory that certain types of direct contact between groups will reduce prejudice. More contact is thought to increase the amount of information learned.






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






6. Central Route - Systematic Processing






7. 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






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






9. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






10. 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.






11. Makes all members of a group seem more similar to each other than if they were not categorized. Also - categorization can also exaggerate differences between groups.






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






13. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






15. 1/2 subject given easy questions and told that they did better than average (non ego threatning) (ViceVersa). Then had those ego-threatened interact with others who didn't take test. Subjects that didn't take test rated the ego-threatened people as l






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






17. 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.`






18. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






19. Doing something because you want to.






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






21. 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.






22. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






26. Makes all members of a group seem more similar to each other than if they were not categorized. Also - categorization can also exaggerate differences between groups.






27. People don't need to have unpleasant tension and inconsistency to change. People might simply observe their own behaviors.






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






37. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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.






43. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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