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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






12. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






13. Person is more motivated to think carefully about argument presented. (central route).






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






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






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






17. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






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






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






21. We are biologically programmed for self preservation - but we are always in fear of our own death. Self-Esteem serves as a buffer for this.






22. Message Learning Approach






23. 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.






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






25. 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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26. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






27. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






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






34. 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.`






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






43. 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






44. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. The people we want to be.

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