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Reasons Generated Attitude Change
Attitude Change resulting from thinking about reasons for one's attitude
Self Perception Theory
When attitudes and feelings are uncertain or ambiguous, we infer these states by observing our own behavior.
Over justification Effect
Tendency for people to attribute their behavior to extrinsic reasons, underestimating how intrinsic it is.
Two Factor Theory of Emotion
emotional experience comes from first experiencing physiological arousal and then seek appropriate explanation for it.
Development of Social Self
Culture Roles Success and Failure Experiences Other people's judgements Social Comparison
Fixed Mindset
idea that we have a set amount of ability that cannot change
Growth Mindset
Abilities our malleable qualities that we can cultivate and grow
Social Comparison Theory
We learn about our own abilities and attitudes by comparing ourselves to others
Social Tuning
People adopt another person's attitude
Self Regulatory resource model
Use energy to exert self-control. (makes us lose energy so we have less energy to do another task)
Schema
"Mind program" that stores, organizes, and retrieves the concepts. (Social Information)
Concepts
content that determines what we feel and believe about ourself
Self - reference effect (function of self)
Remember things related to our own self
Central self guide
What we tend to care about
Pervasive/omnipresent self guide
Always there, can't escape
Motivated Self guide
Not objectively motivated We are egocentric Associate self with good, distance ourselves from bad.
Automatic Self guide
All these are background processes Cocktail Party Effect
Barnum Effect
Uniqueness relative to someone else
Illusion of transparency
Overestimate the extent to which others can read thoughts and feelings.
Spotlight Effect
Overestimation of impact of one's absence
Heider's POX Theory
Triangle must equal out to be positive or we don't like it and may try to change it
Ingratiation
People flatter or praise to get someone else to like them. (Ass kissing)
Behavioral Self-Handicapping
Act in ways that reduce likelihood of succeeding at task
Reported Self-Handicapping
Devising ready-made excuses in case of failure
Terror Management Theory
Self-Esteem acts as a buffer to protect us from thoughts of death and our morality
Cognitive Dissonance
discomfort caused by an action that does not align with one's self concept
Self-Affirmation
reducing Dissonance by reminding one's self of positive attributes
Justification of Effort
Individuals increase liking for something they've worked hard to attain.
Insufficient Punishment
Lack external justification for doing something they desire so Internal justification raised and less value for behavior
Hypocrisy Induction
arousal of dissonance by making statements counter to actual behavior. Makes them do more stated behavior because of felt inconsistency.
Central Route to Persuasion
If people have ability and motivation to pay attention, arguments should be factually compelling
Peripheral Route to Persuasion
If people do not have ability or motivation to pay attention, attributes of speaker and length of communication is compelling
Need for cognition
Personality variable reflecting the extent to which people engage in and enjoy effort full cognitive activities
Fear-Arousing Communication
Persuasive communication that attempts to change people's attitudes by arousing their fears
Heuristic-Systematic Model of Persuasion
Persuasive Communication can cause attitude change by systematic processing of merits of arguments or using heuristics
To change attitude that's cognitively based use _________. If affectively based use ________.
rational arguments emotional appeal
Make people immune to attempts to change attitudes by.....
exposing then to.small arguments against their position so they can come up with rebuttals.
When people's freedom to act a certain way or do certain things is threatened and unpleasant reactance is aroused
They reduce feeling by doing threatens behavior
People's intentions are best predictors of behavior determined by
Attitude toward behavior Subjective Norms Perceived Behavioral Control
Problems with Acquistion
Poor viewing Conditons People see what they expect Focus on weapons Own - race bias
Problems with Storage
Misleading Questions Source monitoring errors ( get info mixed up with other info)
Problems with Retrieval
Best guess I.D. in line up Writing down description is not helpful
Source monitoring
Misleading Questions can confuse sources of information
How quick should the response of an eyewitness be when examining possible suspects?
15 seconds or less

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