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Social Psychology

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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.






6. The people we want to be.

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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






13. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






16. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






19. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






20. Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






25. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






27. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Doing something because you want to.






33. 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.






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






35. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






36. 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.






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






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






39. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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