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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. High Personal relevance had higher agreement if had strong argument vs weaker - which was also higher for strong arguments.






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






3. 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.






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






5. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






6. Stereotyping Increases as.






7. 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.






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






9. Process of identifying individuals as members of a social group because they share typical features of a group. When people are perceived as members of a group not as individuals.






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






16. 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.






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






18. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






19. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. Injected males with epinephrine. 1 group told of the true effects of drug - 1 group not told - 1 group received placebo. Then left with confederate who were told was in same situations - he acted either angry or happy. Results showed those not aware






36. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






42. 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






43. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






45. 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.






46. 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).






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






48. Process of identifying individuals as members of a social group because they share typical features of a group. When people are perceived as members of a group not as individuals.






49. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






50. 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.