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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. The people we want to be.

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18. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






22. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






24. 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.






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






26. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






28. 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






29. 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.`






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






31. People don't need to have unpleasant tension and inconsistency to change. People might simply observe their own behaviors.






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.`






37. People don't need to have unpleasant tension and inconsistency to change. People might simply observe their own behaviors.






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






39. 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






40. Had subjects hear an audio message in favor of 'Senior Comprehensive Exams'. 1/2 given strong argument vs Weak.






41. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






42. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






44. Superficial Processing.






45. 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






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






47. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






50. 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.