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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. An individual's overall image of himself or herself.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






9. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






10. The people we think we should be.

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






12. Message Learning Approach






13. We have more situational information about ourselves than we do for others. -Also others behavior is salient. -Could also be because we view selves in positive light.






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






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






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






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






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






19. A covert computer based measure derived from the speed at which people respond to paring of a concept. (How quickly associate minorities with danger).






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






21. 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






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






23. Called students at the U of Hawaii and asked their opinion about a new university festival. Students then heard statement about the festival and asked if they agreed or not. 1/2 were rewarded with 'good' when said good things - 1/2 when said bad.






24. 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






25. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






26. Had subjects hear an audio message in favor of 'Senior Comprehensive Exams'. 1/2 given strong argument vs Weak.






27. 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.






28. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






30. 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






31. Avoid effortful thinking.






32. 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.






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






41. The people we want to be.

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42. 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.`






43. Message Learning Approach






44. Stereotyping Increases as.






45. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






47. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






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






49. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






50. 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.