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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Avoid effortful thinking.






2. 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.






3. Stereotyping Increases as.






4. Doing something because you want to.






5. 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.






6. 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).






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






8. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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. 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.






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






15. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






18. The idea that emotional experience is the result of a two-step self-perception process in which people first experience physiological arousal and then seek an appropriate explanation for it






19. 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.






20. Creating mental obstacles and excuses for selves - for if we do poorly on task we can fall back on.






21. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






24. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






25. 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.






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






27. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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. 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.






30. 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.`






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






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






41. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






44. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






47. The people we think we should be.

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48. Superficial Processing.






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






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







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