Test 1 Flashcards
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Social influence
Leads to changes in behavior
Persuasion
Change in private attitude or belief as a result of a message
6 principles of social influence
Commitment/consistency Reciprocity Social validation Authority Scarcity Friendship/liking
Fixed action patterns
Behavioral responses
When are fixed action patterns relied on?
When motivation, ability, and opportunity to process are low
Heuristics normally work _______ for us.
Well
What did they find in the Xerox machine study?
Compliance to cut in line drastically increased when question was followed with a reason or because statement
Are stimuli evaluated independently or not?
No
What did the study on nude centerfolds and attractiveness find?
Females ratings of partners attractiveness was not significantly affected by the exposure but males rated their partners as less attractive if exposed to the nude photos
What did the study on dominant vs submissive and attractiveness targets show?
Men rated their commitments lower if they had looked at attractive submissive women and women rated theirs Lower if they had looked at socially dominant men
________ carries more weight in controlling behavior than most think.
Power of the situation
What are some micro, meso, and macro factors that influence our behaviors?
Micro Personality Cognitions Emotions Biology
Meso- situation, social relationships
Macro- organizations and companies
Attitudes
Favorable or unfavorable evaluations of things
3 factors that influence the likelihood that a persons attitude will be consistent with their behavior
Knowledge
Personal relevance
Attitude accessibility
Theory of planned behavior
What does the theory say?
What does this theory say influences behaviors?
The best predictor of behavior is ones intention
- ones attitude towards the behavior
- subjective norms
- their perceived control
Dual process model of persuasion
Accounts for the two ways that attitude change occurs, with and without much thought
Elaboration likelihood model
There are two routes to attitude change, the central route and the peripheral route
Dual process model says that:
Message recipients will consider a communication deeply when they have both the motivation and the ability to do so
What does the DM of persuasion say are the factors that influence a persons motivation to process a message deeply?
Personal relevance
Their need for cognition
High motivation or ability will lead to _______ processing
Central
Low motivation or ability will lead to _________ processing
Peripheral
What was found in the exit exam college graduate study?
For students with a personal stake more strong arguments were more convincing, while weak arguments left them less convinced.
Students who wouldn’t be affected didn’t process quality of the arguments, only the number of arguments presented. But
Reciprocity
We are obliged to give back to others what they have given to us
When favors are relatively small, what happens to desire to repay?
It fades with time