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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. An individual's positive or negative evaluation or himself/herself.






2. 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






3. 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.






4. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






13. Any unjustified positive or negative behavior dierected toward a social group and its members.






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






15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






19. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






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






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






25. Avoid effortful thinking.






26. Doing something because you want to.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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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33. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Stereotyping Increases as.






42. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






43. 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.






44. Relies on subtle methods: Disguised questionaires -Elaborate cover stories -Physiological measures -Implicit reaction times.






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






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. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






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






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






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.