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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Behavior toward a social group and its members. The way our attitude influences how we act or behave.






2. 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.






3. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






4. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






6. 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.`






7. Superficial Processing.






8. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






21. 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.






22. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






23. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. Had subjects spend an hour performing really boring repetitive tasks. 1/3 received $20 to tell next subject that task was fun. 1/3 only received $1 - last 1/3 not asked to lie.






29. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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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39. Doing something because you want to.






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






41. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






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






43. Interpreting information concerning the self in a way that leads to overly positive evaluations. People usually rate themselves above average on positive traits.






44. 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.






45. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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46. 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






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






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






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






50. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.