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Myers Chapter 4: Introduction to Social Pscyhology [Level A+] Questions and Answers 2023

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Attitude - -A favorable or unfavorable evaluative reaction toward something or someone (often rooted in one's beliefs, and exhibited in one's feelings and intended behavior). -Implicit Association ... Test IAT - -Attitude measure. Uses reaction times to measure how quickly people associate concepts. -Role - -Actions expected of those who occupy a particular social position. -Foot-in-the-door phenomenon - -The tendency for people who have first agreed to a small request to comply later with a larger request. -Lowball Technique - -A tactic for getting people to agree to something. -Cognitive Dissonance - -Our attitudes change because we are motivated to maintain consistency among our cognitions. -Selective Exposure - -The tendency to seek information and media that agree with one's views and to avoid dissonant information. -Insufficient Justification - -Reduction of dissonance by internally justifying one's behavior when external justification is "insufficient". -Self-Perception Theory - -The theory that when we are unsure of our attitudes, we infer them much as would someone observing us-by looking at our behavior and the circumstances under which it occurs. -Facial Feedback Effect - -The tendency of facial expressions to trigger corresponding feelings such as fear, anger, or happiness. -Over-justification effect - -The result of bribing people to do what they already like doing; they may then see their actions as extremely controlled rather than intrinsically appealing. [Show More]

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