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Social Psychology

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






2. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






5. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






8. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






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






10. Superficial Processing.






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






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






13. Extreme hatred for other groups.


14. 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.






15. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






21. 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.






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






23. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






24. 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






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






26. 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.`






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.


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






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






40. Randomly assigned morning types and evening types - and led experiment during morning - noon - and evening. Subjects read evidence about Robert Garner - and Roberto Garcia - found Roberto Garcia rated more negatively at morning time.






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






48. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






50. Stereotyping Increases as.