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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






2. 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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3. 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.






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






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






6. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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7. 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.






8. Superficial Processing.






9. 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.






10. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






14. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






23. 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).






24. 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






25. The people we think we should be.

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






27. 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.






28. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






36. 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.






37. The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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