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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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






3. The people we think we should be.

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4. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






15. The people we want to be.

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






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






19. Doing something because you want to.






20. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






22. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






24. 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.






25. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






29. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






31. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






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






33. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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).






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






41. An individual's overall image of himself or herself.






42. 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.






43. 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.






44. We tend to attribute our own behaviors to situational causes while seeing others behaviors as caused by internal characteristics. Especially when behaviors are negative.






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






46. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






48. 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.






49. 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






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







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