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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. 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.






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






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






5. 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






6. 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.






7. Superficial Processing.






8. 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






9. THat increased incentive leads greater likelihood of attitude change.






10. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






11. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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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24. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






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






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






27. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






29. 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.`






30. 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






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






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






33. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






35. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






37. 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.






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






39. Found similar effects as Payne - in a video game simulation. Found all subjects include blacks were more likely to shoot a black holding a tool.`






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






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







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