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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Stereotyping Increases as.






2. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






3. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






10. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






18. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






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






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






21. 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






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






23. Message Learning Approach






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






25. ENjoy cognitive activities and engage in them when they have the chance.






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






27. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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. 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.`






40. 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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41. A person has to remember the content of a for it to have a lasting impact.






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






43. Superficial Processing.






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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