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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.`






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






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






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






5. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






6. 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.






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






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






9. We desire self esteem - to be aligned with other people to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.






10. An account of attitude change developed by psychologist Daryl Bem. It asserts that people develop their attitudes by observing their behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






15. Superficial Processing.






16. Those who cannot accept their own 'inner conflicts' believe in authority and see their own inadequacies in others. Thus prejudice acts as a protection from self doubts.






17. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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. 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.






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






21. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






24. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






26. 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.






27. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






28. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






30. An individual's positive or negative evaluation or himself/herself.






31. 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






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






33. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






37. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






38. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Avoid effortful thinking.






46. The people we want to be.

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






48. The people we think we should be.

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






50. 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.