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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






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






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






4. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






6. Stereotyping Increases as.






7. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.






8. Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Had subjects hear an audio message in favor of 'Senior Comprehensive Exams'. 1/2 given strong argument vs Weak.






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Central Route - Systematic Processing






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






34. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






35. Doing something because you want to.






36. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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.






42. The people we think we should be.

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43. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






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






48. Message Learning Approach






49. The people we want to be.

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