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Social Psychology

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1. 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.






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






3. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






4. 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.






5. 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






6. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






8. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






9. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






10. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Measured extent of white preference for a white vs black stimulus person.85% of 6 year old's preferred whites. 70%-10 year olds - 50% of adults.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. Incentives for the new attitudinal position must out weigh those of the current/ initial attitude.






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






30. Behavior toward a social group and its members. The way our attitude influences how we act or behave.






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






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






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






34. Doing something because you want to.






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






36. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






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






41. The people we want to be.

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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






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






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







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