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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Central Route - Systematic Processing






12. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Initially played game for 20mins average - when given extra credit played 25mins (ave) - after reward stopped played only for 14min -






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






22. The people we want to be.

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23. 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.






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






25. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.`






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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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).






36. 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






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






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






39. The people we want to be.

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40. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






49. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






50. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.