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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift






2. Inoculation theory






3. Using shortcut about typical assumptions rather than relying on logic; basis of stereotypes- 6 feet tall beautiful women --> we think she'S more likely to be a model than lawyer






4. Stimulus-overload theory; also experiment where participants ordered to give 'painful electric shocks' to a 'learner' when incorrect - explored how people respond to orders; conditions that facilitated conformity: remoteness of victim - proximity of






5. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored






6. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






7. Self-perception theory






8. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups

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9. Doing a small favour makes people more willing to do larger ones later






10. Evaluating one'S own actions - abilities - opinions - and ideas and comparing to others; - since others are generally familiar people (own social group) - used for argument against mainstreaming; --> when children with difficulties in classes with no






11. M.J. Lerner - The belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people - it is uncomfortable for people to accept that bad things happen to good people - so they blame the victim






12. People who are near us (propinquity) -physically attractive - attitudes similar to our own - like us back (reciprocity); opposites do not attract






13. When people think there is a higher proportion of one thing in a group than there really is because examples of that one thing come to mind more easily; e.g. read a list - half celebrity names - half random - may think more celebrities than random be






14. Competition for scare resources usually causes conflict in a group - Sherif'S Robber'S cave experiment






15. Groups take greater risks than individuals






16. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health






17. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






18. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






19. Particularly positive self-presentation is influencial on behaviour - we act in ways that align with our attitudes or in ways that will be accepted by others; self-monitoring; impression management






20. A positive - negative or neutral evaluation of a person - issue or object






21. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression






22. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact






23. Continued Milgram'S study - --> deindividuated individuals more willing to administer higher levels of shock; --> prison simulation experiments found normal subjects could easily be transformed into sadistic prison guards; --> also found antisocial b






24. People are promoted at work until they reach a position of incompetence in which they remain






25. Experiment where participants ordered to give 'painful electric shocks' to a 'learner' when incorrect - explored how people respond to orders; conditions that facilitated conformity: remoteness of victim - proximity of commander - legitimate-seeming






26. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






27. Expense incurred and cannot be recovered; because money already spent is irrelevant to the future - best to ignore these when making decisions but we often do not






28. It is majority opinion - majority has unanimous position - majority has high status majority or individual is concerned for her own status - situation in public - not previously committed to a position - low self-esteem - scores high on authoritarian






29. Dislike(-) - like (+) - balance if 1 or 3 + - imbalance if 0 or 2 + - too simplistic - Balance exists when all 3 fit together harmoniously - when there sin'T balance - there will be stress - and a tendency to remove stress by achieving balance






30. Studied subjects who were first made to believe a state and then later told it was false. subjects continued to believe the state if they had processed it and devised their own logical explanation for it






31. Tendency for person doing the behaviour to have different perspective on situation than observer






32. Fischbein and Ajzen; people'S behaviour in a given situation is determined by attitude about situation and social norms; perceived behavioural control - attitude toward behaviour - behavioural intentions - subjective social norms; grounded in various






33. Studied racial bias and belief similarity - people prefer to be with like-minded people more than like-skinned; racial bias decreases as attitude similarity between people increases






34. Attribution theory - balance theory






35. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks






36. Had subjects listen to 'opinion' of others of which lines were equal - subjects conformed to clearly incorrect opinion of others 33% of the time; unanimity seemed to be influential






37. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis






38. Expert and/or trustworthy - similar to listener - acceptable to listener - overheard rather than obviously influencing - anecdotal - emotional - or shocking - part of a debate rather than one-sided argument

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39. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment






40. Bem; alternative explanation to cognitive dissonance; - when people are unsure of beliefs - they take cues from own behaviour (rather than aligning beliefs to match actions) - $1000 to work on Saturday






41. The attributions we make about our actions or those of others usually accurate; we base this on consistency - distinctiveness - and consensus of the action






42. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance






43. The study of how people relate to and influence each other






44. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






45. People act in order to obtain gain and avoid loss; people favour situations that start out negative and end positive - even compared to completely positive situations






46. Elaboration likelihood model






47. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






48. Process by which people pay close attention to their actions - often change behaviours to be more favourable






49. Cognitive dissonance theory






50. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`







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