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Social Psychology

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






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






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






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






5. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






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






7. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






8. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






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






12. The people we think we should be.

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13. Doing something because you want to.






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






15. Avoid effortful thinking.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






20. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






23. Superficial Processing.






24. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.`






30. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






31. 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.






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






33. 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






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






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






36. When people realize their behavior is caused by an EXTERNAL FACTOR they do not assume that it reflects their INTERNAL FEELINGS.`






37. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






38. 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.






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






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. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






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






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






46. Randomly assigned morning types and evening types - and led experiment during morning - noon - and evening. Subjects read evidence about Robert Garner - and Roberto Garcia - found Roberto Garcia rated more negatively at morning time.






47. 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.






48. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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