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Social Psychology

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






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






3. Extreme hatred for other groups.


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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






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






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






13. 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






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






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


16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. Found that people were frieghtened into thinking they would receive shocks sought others in the same situation- influenced behavior.






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






33. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. 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






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






40. The people we think we should be.


41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






45. Avoid effortful thinking.






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. We may often draw inferences from our thoughts - feelings and behaviors.






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






49. 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.






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