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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Memory message content does not always matter in persuasion. Incentive based predictions do not always work.






2. Attitude-Behavior Consistency Problems. Persuasion effects were difficult to replicate. Conflicting findings and theories.






3. 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.






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






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






6. The people we think we should be.

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7. 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






8. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






9. 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






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






11. Message Learning Approach






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






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






14. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






15. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






16. Discrepancy - Emotional Reactions - Long-Term Effects.






17. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






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






22. 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).






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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. The individual must perceive the action as inconsistent; Must take personal responsibility for the act; Must experience physiological arousal; Must attribute the arousal to the action.






32. Message Learning Approach






33. 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.






34. Central Route - Systematic Processing






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






41. 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.






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






43. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






45. 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.






46. Emphasis on how people learn persuasive messages. Researched who says what to whom. Who-the source of the communication. WHat- the nature of the communication.






47. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.