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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Subjects had to decide appropriately - results found they were more likely to misidentify blacks with having a weapon.






2. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






3. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






5. Behavior toward a social group and its members. The way our attitude influences how we act or behave.






6. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






7. 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






8. Superficial Processing.






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






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






11. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






14. An unpleasant state caused by people's awareness of inconsistency among various beliefs - attitudes or actions. We are motivated to achieve and maintain cognitive consistency to avoid dissonance.






15. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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.`






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






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






25. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






27. Avoid effortful thinking.






28. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






29. An unpleasant state caused by people's awareness of inconsistency among various beliefs - attitudes or actions. We are motivated to achieve and maintain cognitive consistency to avoid dissonance.






30. Had subjects spend an hour performing really boring repetitive tasks. 1/3 received $20 to tell next subject that task was fun. 1/3 only received $1 - last 1/3 not asked to lie.






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.`






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






38. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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






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






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






44. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






45. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






46. The people we think we should be.

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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.