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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. The theory that people evaluate their own abilities and opinions by comparing themselves to others.






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






4. Superficial Processing.






5. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






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






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






16. 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.`






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






18. 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.






19. Central Route - Systematic Processing






20. 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






21. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






22. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






23. Superficial Processing.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






31. Argued we form positive association to the sight of our own name - and are drawn to people and places that resemble this. (Mike from Michigan - Denise the Dentist).






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






39. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






40. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






42. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






43. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






45. 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.






46. Message Learning Approach






47. 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






48. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






49. 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.`






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