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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






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






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






4. 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






5. 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).






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






7. Superficial Processing.






8. Message Learning Approach






9. 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.






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






11. The theory that certain types of direct contact between groups will reduce prejudice. More contact is thought to increase the amount of information learned.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.`






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






39. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.







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