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Social Psychology

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






2. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. Physical appearance - interest and goals - preferred activities - attitudes.






14. 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.






15. 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






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






17. Extreme hatred for other groups.

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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






25. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






40. 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.






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






42. Most Social Psychologist and Evolutionary psychologist agree. Contemporary social psychologist believe such phenomena results form similar social cognitive.






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






44. 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).






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






46. 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






47. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






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






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







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