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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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






2. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






4. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






17. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






20. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






21. 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.






22. Avoid effortful thinking.






23. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Prejudice learned from others (teachers - parents - peers - media).






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






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






39. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






40. Doing something because you want to.






41. 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.






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






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






44. Message Learning Approach






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






46. 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






47. Measured in several groups. Results showed blacks had average higher self esteem relative to whites - while other groups had lower self esteem in comparison to whites.`






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






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






50. 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