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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






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






6. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






7. 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.






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






9. 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






10. Message Learning Approach






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. We have more situational information about ourselves than we do for others. -Also others behavior is salient. -Could also be because we view selves in positive light.






24. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






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






26. 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






27. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






29. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






30. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






31. 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.






32. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






35. 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






36. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






38. 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.






39. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






40. 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.






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






42. An individual difference reflecting the extent which people engage in and effortful cognitive activities. (playing chess)






43. 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.






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






45. Relies on subtle methods: Disguised questionaires -Elaborate cover stories -Physiological measures -Implicit reaction times.






46. 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.






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






48. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






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






50. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).