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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Tend to shape their behavior for their audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. 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.`






15. When people believe that some groups don't have what it takes and should be excluded from desirable positions - wealth - and power.

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






17. 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.`






18. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






19. 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.






20. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






21. 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






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






23. Any unjustified positive or negative behavior dierected toward a social group and its members.






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






25. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






29. Central Route - Systematic Processing






30. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






32. 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.






33. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






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






35. 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).






36. The people we think we should be.

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






38. 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






39. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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49. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






50. 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.