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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






6. 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.






7. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






12. An attitude toward the members of some groups based solely on their memberships in that group (can be positive or negative).






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






15. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






20. 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.`






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






22. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. Superficial Processing.






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






28. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






29. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






30. The diversity of self aspects people develop for various roles.






31. 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






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






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






34. 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).






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






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






37. Randomly assigned morning types and evening types - and led experiment during morning - noon - and evening. Subjects read evidence about Robert Garner - and Roberto Garcia - found Roberto Garcia rated more negatively at morning time.






38. 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.






39. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






43. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






47. Message Learning Approach






48. 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.






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






50. 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).