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Social Psychology

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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






25. When people do not elaborate on the arguments of a communication but are instead swayed by factors that are peripheral to the message.






26. 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.






27. When people realize their behavior is caused by an EXTERNAL FACTOR they do not assume that it reflects their INTERNAL FEELINGS.`






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






29. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






31. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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).






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






45. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






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






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






50. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.







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