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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Any unjustified positive or negative behavior dierected toward a social group and its members.






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






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






4. Stereotyping Increases as.






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






9. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






10. 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






11. 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.`






12. Superficial Processing.






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






14. Nonsense syllables visually and paired with positive or negative words via audio. Ex saw nonsense word but saw either 'sweet' or 'ugly'. Results showed people formed attitudes based on pairing of +/- words.






15. 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.






16. The people we think we should be.


17. Subjects had to decide appropriately - results found they were more likely to misidentify blacks with having a weapon.






18. 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.






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






20. Those who cannot accept their own 'inner conflicts' believe in authority and see their own inadequacies in others. Thus prejudice acts as a protection from self doubts.






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






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






23. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






24. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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).






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






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. Specific Responses are followed by positive or negative consequences.






40. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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