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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Attitude toward a social group and its members.






2. Central Route - Systematic Processing






3. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.`






9. 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.






10. A generalized (sometimes accurate but often overgeneralized) belief about a group of people -. formed by associating particular characteristics with a particular group.






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






12. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






20. 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.






21. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. Beliefs about attributes of a group. This involves a persons belief/ knowledge about an attitude object.






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






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






33. Superficial Processing.






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






38. Own Mood States - Message Length - Source Attractiveness - Source Credibility.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. The people we think we should be.

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






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






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






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






49. 1 week later in the survey showed students were more favorable about the festival if rewarded for being favorable - and less for being unfavorable.






50. Superficial Processing.