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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. People low in self complexity felt better after success and worse after failure than people high in self complexity.






2. 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.






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






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






5. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






6. 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.






7. 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).






8. 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).






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






10. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






12. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






15. 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.






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






25. 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.






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. 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.






28. 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






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






30. 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.






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






32. 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.






33. Message Learning Approach






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






35. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






37. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.