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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Avoid effortful thinking.






2. 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.






3. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






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






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






9. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






12. Message Learning Approach






13. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






20. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






26. 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.






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






28. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






30. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






35. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






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






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






40. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






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






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






45. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






46. 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.






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






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






49. Central Route - Systematic Processing






50. The people we want to be.