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Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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.






4. Avoid effortful thinking.






5. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






6. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






7. 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.






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. The people we think we should be.

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10. 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.






11. 1/2 told University is considering the exams for next year (high relevance). 1/2 told exams for 10 years in future (low relevance).






12. Conditional (Classical/Operant) - Mere exposure effect - Self-perception effects.






13. Message Learning Approach






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






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






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. 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.






18. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






19. 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.






20. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






23. Message Learning Approach






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






33. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






34. 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.`






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






36. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






38. 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.






39. An individual's positive or negative evaluation or himself/herself.






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. 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.






42. 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.






43. Doing something because you want to.






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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48. Gave British subjects photos of a day in the life of a skinhead - told to write about him. 1/2 told to avoid stereotypes. Then were told they would meet him in a room - but He was out - they then measured how far they sat. Those that were told to avo






49. Refers to the performance of the activity in order to obtain an outcome.






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