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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Avoid effortful thinking.






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






7. 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.






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






9. Elaboration likelihood model - Heuristic Systematic Model.






10. An individual's overall image of himself or herself.






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. Doing something because you want to.






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






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






28. The Elaboration Likelihood Model.






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






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






31. 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.






32. Central Route - Systematic Processing






33. 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.






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






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






36. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






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






38. 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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39. Nonsense syllables visually and paired with positive or negative words via audio. Ex saw nonsense word but saw either 'sweet' or 'ugly'. Results showed people formed attitudes based on pairing of +/- words.






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






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. Message Learning Approach






43. 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.`






44. Wrote poem - drew pictures - generated business solutions.






45. Found that people were frieghtened into thinking they would receive shocks sought others in the same situation- influenced behavior.






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






47. 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.






48. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






49. 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.






50. 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.