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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. An account of attitude change developed by psychologist Daryl Bem. It asserts that people develop their attitudes by observing their behavior and concluding what attitudes must have caused them.






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






3. 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






4. Superficial Processing.






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






6. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






7. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






8. 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.






9. The people we want to be.


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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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


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






19. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






21. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






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






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






24. 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.






25. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






28. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






29. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






31. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






32. Argued we form positive association to the sight of our own name - and are drawn to people and places that resemble this. (Mike from Michigan - Denise the Dentist).






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






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






42. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






43. An individual's positive or negative evaluation or himself/herself.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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