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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






2. 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.`






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.`






6. 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.






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






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






9. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






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






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






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






13. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






14. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






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






19. Message Learning Approach






20. 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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21. Own Mood States - Message Length - Source Attractiveness - Source Credibility.






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






23. 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.






24. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






26. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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






28. Had subjects hear an audio message in favor of 'Senior Comprehensive Exams'. 1/2 given strong argument vs Weak.






29. Doing something because you want to.






30. 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






31. 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






32. Those who cannot accept their own 'inner conflicts' believe in authority and see their own inadequacies in others. Thus prejudice acts as a protection from self doubts.






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






34. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






37. 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






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






39. The people we want to be.

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






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






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






43. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






46. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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