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Social Psychology

Subject : humanities
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1. Tend to behave consistently across audience and situations.






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






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






4. 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.






5. The people we think we should be.

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






8. Central Route - Systematic Processing






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






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






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






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






13. Attitude structures cna be described in terms of three components: AFFECT BEHAVIOR COGNITION






14. Balance Theories - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






15. Self Concept - Self Esteem.






16. Gender - Ethnicity - Age.






17. Stereotyping Increases as.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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).






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. We make inferences about our attitudes by observing our own behaviors when 'internal cues' are weak or ambiguous.






33. 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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Peripheral Route - Superficial Processing.






41. Message Learning Approach - Cognitive Dissonance Theory.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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