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Social Psychology

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






2. 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.






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






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






5. 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






6. 1/2 told message source was a Princeton professor (High Expertise). 1/2 told it was a high school student (Low Expertise).






7. 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.






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






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






14. 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.






15. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






16. 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.






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






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






19. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






21. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






23. 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.






24. The people we want to be.

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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. Measured in several groups. Results showed blacks had average higher self esteem relative to whites - while other groups had lower self esteem in comparison to whites.`






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






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






39. Stereotyping Increases as.






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






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






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






47. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






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