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Social Psychology

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






2. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.

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3. The people we want to be.

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4. 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.






5. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






7. 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






8. Had subjects spend an hour performing really boring repetitive tasks. 1/3 received $20 to tell next subject that task was fun. 1/3 only received $1 - last 1/3 not asked to lie.






9. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






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






25. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






26. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






28. Avoid effortful thinking.






29. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






35. The people we think we should be.

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






37. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






40. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






42. Subjects read persuasive message in favor of tuition increase. 1/2 received message that had only strong arguments. 1/2 received for weak. Results showed high NFC participants were persuaded b strong arguments vs weak.






43. 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






44. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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. Persuasion processes fall along a 'continuum' of cognitive processing. Consider this as synonyms with superficial vs systematic processing.






48. 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.






49. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






50. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.