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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






23. Stereotyping Increases as.






24. The people we want to be.

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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. Central Route - Systematic Processing






34. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






35. The idea that emotional experience is the result of a two-step self-perception process in which people first experience physiological arousal and then seek an appropriate explanation for it






36. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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.`






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






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






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






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






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






50. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.