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Social Psychology

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






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






3. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






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






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






8. The people we think we should be.

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






10. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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.






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






20. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






22. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






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






27. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






35. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






36. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






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






40. Message Learning Approach






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






50. 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.