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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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






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






8. 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.






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






10. Doing something because you want to.






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






16. Superficial Processing.






17. 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).






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






19. 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






20. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. 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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25. Doing something because you want to.






26. 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).






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






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






29. 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.






30. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






39. Creating mental obstacles and excuses for selves - for if we do poorly on task we can fall back on.






40. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






41. 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.






42. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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