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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. The extent to which people are sensitive to the demands of social situations and shape their behavior accordingly.






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






3. When people elaborate on a persuasion communication reading/listening carefully and thinking about the arguments (central merits) given.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






10. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






12. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






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






14. 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.`






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






16. 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.






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






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






20. 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.`






21. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






24. An individual's overall image of himself or herself.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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






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






33. 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.






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






35. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






38. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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.






47. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






48. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






49. Message Learning Approach






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