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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Allows us to master our environment. Also deal with others efficiently and appropriately.






2. 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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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).






13. Conditional (Classical/Operant) - Mere exposure effect - Self-perception effects.






14. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






17. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






19. 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.






20. Central Route - Systematic Processing






21. A covert computer based measure derived from the speed at which people respond to paring of a concept. (How quickly associate minorities with danger).






22. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






23. Central Route - Systematic Processing






24. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






29. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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.`






35. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






37. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






40. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






41. 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.






42. Superficial Processing.






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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