Spring 2017

What is an example of inoculation?

SOP 3004

Social Psychology- Steve Charman

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- Persuasion ​- effort to change people’s attitudes

- Mindlessness​ - when decisions are made without careful thought, we can be persuaded by irrelevant variables

- Photocopier study

- ELM​ - Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion

- The nature of thinking determines the type of persuasion that is needed - Central Persuasion - analyze the content of the argument and whether it makes logical sense; humor doesn’t matter to the audience

- Peripheral Persuasion - fail to analyze the content of the argument and disregard whether it makes sense or not; rely on cues present in situations, usually irrelevant to the product itself

What is an example of social proof?

- The Audience​ - involvement affects how we are persuaded

- Central route - higher audience involvement makes the information more relevant to the audience

- Peripheral route - lower audience involvement makes the information less relevant to the audience

- Ex: argument quality study

- The Source​ - the speaker affects how we are persuaded

- Central route - “high involvement” individuals focus on the argument itself rather than the source

- Peripheral route - “low involvement” individuals rely on peripheral cues and their opinion on an argument depends on the source

- Credibility​ - affects how we are persuaded

- Expertise and trustworthiness determine credibility

What is reciprocity in a relationship?

We also discuss several other topics like What are examples of cognitive appraisal?

- Ex: expertise study

- Attractiveness -​ affects how we are persuaded

- Similarity and physical appeal determine attractiveness

- Ex: commercials have attractive actors

- The Message​ - how the message is presented affects how we are persuaded

Spring 2017

- Reason v. Emotion

- Peripheral route - positive emotion leads to a positive mindset

- Primacy v. recency - the timing in which a message is presented affects the audience’s receptiveness to it (ex: first vs. last)

- Attitude Inoculation​ - being exposed to a weaker version of an argument makes one more resistant to that argument in the future, even if it is stronger in the future - Psychological Reactance​ - if one is told not to do something, they are more inclined to do it

________________________________________________________ - Compliance​ - when a direct request is being made We also discuss several other topics like Why is self-defense justified?

- Reciprocity​ - “treat others as they treat you”

- Ex: christmas card study

- Door-in-the-face technique: make a large request that is likely to get turned down and then make a smaller request that is more reasonable

- Commitment and consistency​ - once we commit, we’re motivated to behave consistently

- Ex: beach towel study

- Foot-in-the-door technique: get someone to comply with a small request and then increase the request

- Only works if the requests are related in subject

- Low-balling: get someone to agree with a request and reveal the hidden costs after

- Social Proof​ - if we see others performing a behavior, we view that behavior as correct in a situation We also discuss several other topics like What is unique about the nervous system?
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Don't forget about the age old question of What do you call the study of forces and their effects on living systems?

- Works more in times of uncertainty and when people are similar to us - Authority​ - we tend to comply with authority figures

- Ex: security guard studies

________________________________________________________ - Obedience​ - Milgram Studies

- Tests how far subjects would go in the name of authority