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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






2. The affection we feel for those with whom our lives are deeply entwined - achieved via mutual trust - respect - and commitment






3. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action






4. Code facial expressions for emotion; can determine whether a smile is genuine (happiness engages the upper cheek) or fake (eyes and whole face are less involved)






5. Deutsch; 2 companies can choose to cooperate and agree on high fixed prices - or compete with lower prices - but lack of complete trust will choose to compete; prisoner'S dilemma in economic terms






6. Just world bias






7. Inoculation theory






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






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






10. Groupthink






11. 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






12. The tendency that the larger the group - the less likely individuals in the group will act or take responsibility - result of deindividuation (Kitty Genovese care)






13. Intense longing for the union with another and a state of profound physiological arousal - biophysiological - can be positive(when love is reciprocal) and negative (when love is unrequited)






14. 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






15. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






16. Cross-cultural research; Eastern countries value interdependence over independence; for example - in Japan - individuals likelier to demonstrate conformity - modesty - and pessimism; where in the U.S. - likelier to show optimism - self-enhancement -






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






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






19. Sales tactic - persuader ask for more than they would ever get and then 'Settle' for less






20. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






21. 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






22. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






23. Theory of reasoned action






24. Cognitive dissonance theory






25. Thinking if someone has a good quality then he has only good qualities






26. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






27. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average






28. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






30. Self-perception theory






31. The Kitty Genovese care (murder witnessed by many people) - Why people are less likely to help when others are present






32. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






33. Constant exchange of influences between people - constant factor in our behaviour






34. Doll preference studies






35. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






36. 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






37. Ellen langer - Belief that you can control things that you actually have no influence on - The driving force behind manipulating the lottery - gambling and superstition






38. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting






39. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






44. 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






45. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others






46. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






47. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






48. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition






49. 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






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