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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. A motive for choosing behaviors that are intended to reflect and express the self concept.






2. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. When an expected external incentive such as money or prizes decreases a persons intrinsic motivation to perform a task.






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






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






12. 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.`






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






17. 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.






18. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.






19. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






22. The people we think we should be.

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






24. Own Mood States - Message Length - Source Attractiveness - Source Credibility.






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






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






27. Superficial Processing.






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






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






30. People evaluate themselves against internal 'ideal' and ought standards - producing emotional consequences.






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






32. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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33. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






37. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






38. 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.






39. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






40. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






41. 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.






42. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






43. 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.`






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






45. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






46. 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






47. 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.






48. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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