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SOCIAL PSYCH EXAM 1

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show After seeing facts, assuming that you could have guessed that was going to happen. Ex. "Of course they were going to win the election!" or "Of course Bruce Willis was a ghost!" Opposite results may seem obvious as well.  
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Empirical   show
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show Structured, methodical, differentiates psychology from casual observation with no structure.  
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Theories   show
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show A prediction stated in a way that allows it to be TESTED.  
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Purpose of Theories   show
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show learning (classical=association, operant=reinforcement, social=imitation), cognitive (perception), motivational (cognitive consistency), equity and change (cost v. benefits), biological.  
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Correlational Method   show
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show A is not causing B or vice versa, C is causing both A and B.  
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Experimental Method   show
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show When an independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable.  
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Interaction   show
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show Extent to which the independent variable manipulates what it's supposed to and the effects on the dependent variable are due to this (a good experimental design)  
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show Measures to check if manipulations were successful.  
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Confounding Variable   show
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Demand Characteristics   show
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show Anonymity, informed consent, debriefing.  
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show Not all studies replicate well due to many factors, need to use stronger theories and studies, better methods, and stronger stats to ensure results and methods match  
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show How people interpret, analyze, remember, and use info about themselves and the social world.  
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show How people analyze, interpret, remember, and use info about self and social world, using as little mental energy as possible.  
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Schemas   show
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show attention (what is noticed; looking past a friend in public), encoding (what is stored in memory; asking a ? & not remembering response), retrieval (what is recovered from memory)  
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Schema Advantages   show
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show fills in gaps with what "should" be, distorting how we see the world, applying them when they don't fit. People are unwilling to change them!  
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy   show
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show 2 systems: prefrontal cortex is laborious and deep thinking while amygdala is related to emotion and is quick and simple thinking  
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show Effortful and conscious thinking, tends to be avoided. Use the other type to conserve our mental energy.  
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Automatic Processing   show
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show The activation of schemas (scared after a horror movie, compaing a new friend after talking to an old one)  
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Heuristics   show
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show Making a decision based on an example, info, or recent experience that's readily available even if not best for decision. ex. plane crashes make people afraid to fly even though car crash more likely  
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Representativeness Heuristic   show
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Anchoring and Adjustment Heuristic   show
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False Consensus   show
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show Overestimate how unique we are (abilities, positive behaviors)  
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Gambler's Fallacy   show
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show Based on irrational assumptions. ex. Thinking one's thoughts can influence the physical world.  
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show Tendency to imagine other outcomes that did NOT occur, thoughts may require cog effort to dismiss, can experience benefits (hopeful) and costs (regrets/ I wish I did that instead)  
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show Greater sensitivity to negative info than positive (faster/more accurate at identifying threatening facial expressions) may be evolutionary to protect us from harm.  
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show Most change in bias when told to "consider the other side" rather than being told to "be unbiased".  
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Izard's Combination   show
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Mood Congruence Effects   show
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Mood Dependent Memory   show
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Affective Forecasting   show
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show verbal=spoken word, nonverbal=multiple channels used (eye contact indicates positive feelings, body language reveals emotional states, cultural emblems, touching suggests affection, sexual interest, dominance, caring, aggression)  
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Non-verbal - Facial Expressions   show
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show emblems, illustrators, adapters. (emblems: thumbs up means doing good, middle finger means what it means; often culture/situation dependent) (illustrators are talking with hands, think Italian or pointing while giving direction)  
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show Evaluation - global positive or negative (is immediate first impression positive or negative). Cognitive weighted average - direct information, primacy effect, negative info (general negativity bias), schemas - how do they impact impression formation?  
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show Cont Model of Impression Form (Have to have motivation to make a deep impression (based on power difference, attraction), cat/beh mismatch(xpect a certain behavior & get opposite, will want to make a deeper impression),Thin Slicing  
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show Explanations of why people are behaving in a particular way  
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Internal Attributions   show
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External Attributions   show
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show Aspects of behavior that inform internal dispositions (freely chosen behavior, (not) socially desirable, (inconsistent) social roles, unique effects). If person happy on game show not free chosen, is desirable, consistent SR, no unique effects so external  
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Covariation (Cube) Model   show
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Internal Attribution Cube Model   show
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show High consistency, high consensus, high distinctiveness  
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show Low consistency, special attribution unique to that time and place. IF CONSISTENCY LOW, ALMOST ALWAYS THIS TYPE!  
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Belief Perserverance   show
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Actor-observer difference   show
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Self-serving bias   show
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show overemphasize internal attributions i.e. “they cut me off because they are a jerk” and do not think that there could be other reasons such as a medical emergency  
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Gilbert’s Stages of Attributions   show
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show Person who is salient/easiest to see is seen as more influential  
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show Stage 1: Physio Arousal palms sweat, <3 racing), Stage 2: Look to situation to explain arousal (may give cues about what emotion is appropriate) EX. “heartbeat” study where men viewed pictures of nude women and told they were hearing own <3 beat (changed)  
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Self-Concept   show
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Independent self-concept   show
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Interdependent self-concept   show
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show Aspirational view of self (upward social comparisons, I want to be like them) or Positivity (downward social comparisons, to feel better about self). Ideal self=want to be, ought self=should be, actual self=reality  
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show How the self-concept is organized. High complexity entails having aspects of self distinct (one domain has smaller impact on overall feelings about self) whereas low complexity entails having aspects of self overlap e/o (putting all eggs in one basket)  
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show Intrinsic motivation is about the self and inward motivation whereas extrinsic motivation is outside motivations and pressures (money)  
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Self-Esteem   show
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show High performs better on computer game speed with no ego threat whereas low performs better when there is an ego threat.  
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show “Muscle” Model (exerting requires effort, limited/depletable resources, ego depletion (state of depleted self-control, more difficult to exert this a second time), wise to be strategic about using this)  
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Self-Control   show
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Ego Depletion   show
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show Self-evaluation maintenance, what happens when someone close to us outperforms us? Depends on how close we are to the person, relative performance between us, and how relevant the subject they did better on is to us.  
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Self Presentation   show
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Self Other Comparisons   show
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Self-handicapping   show
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