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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.`






10. 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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11. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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






13. Stereotyping Increases as.






14. 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






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






16. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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






18. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






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






24. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






27. Message Learning Approach






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






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






30. 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.






31. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






41. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Under time pressure -Experiencing extreme emotions - At low circadian rhythm (tired)






49. 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.`






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