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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. An attitude toward the members of some groups based solely on their memberships in that group (can be positive or negative).






2. 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.






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






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






5. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






8. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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.`






21. A narrower more specific social group that is part of a broad social group.






22. When people do not elaborate on the arguments of a communication but are instead swayed by factors that are peripheral to the message.






23. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






44. Message Learning Approach






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






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






47. 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.






48. Superficial Processing.






49. An attitude toward the members of some groups based solely on their memberships in that group (can be positive or negative).






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