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Social Psychology

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1. 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.






2. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.`






10. Gave participants a long list of names paired with different words. 1/2 paired neg. words with 'George' and neutral words with 'Ed' (VV). After leaving room subjects talked with either 'Ed Fuller' or 'George Foster'. Results showed people were viewed






11. Gave participants a long list of names paired with different words. 1/2 paired neg. words with 'George' and neutral words with 'Ed' (VV). After leaving room subjects talked with either 'Ed Fuller' or 'George Foster'. Results showed people were viewed






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






17. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. A non-conscious form of self-enhancement.






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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).






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






35. 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.`






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






37. When an expected external incentive such as money or prizes decreases a persons intrinsic motivation to perform a task.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. The people we want to be.

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






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






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






46. 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






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






49. 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.






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







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