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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour






2. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs






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






4. 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






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






6. Occurs when individual identity or accountability is de-emphasized - may be the result of mingling in a crowd - wearing uniforms - or otherwise adopting a larger group identity






7. Self-perception theory






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






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






10. Illusion of control






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






20. Tendency to make simple explanations for complex events - people hold onto original ideas about cause even when new factors emerge






21. 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)






22. 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)






23. 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






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






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






26. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






27. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






28. 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






29. Experiment - people'S descriptions of the autokinetic effect were influenced by others' descriptions; also win/lose game-type competition can trigger conflict in groups - Robbers' cave experiment






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






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






32. 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






33. Those in a group think their members have more positive qualities and fewer negative than members in another group even if qualities are the same; basis for prejudice






34. Just world bias






35. Persuasive communication from a source of low credibility may become more acceptable later; perhaps memory+discounting cue is severed over time - later recalling a source is less available - or differential decay: impact of cue decays faster than mes






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






37. 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






38. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






40. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health






41. founder of social psychology -; - applied Gestalt ideas to social behaviour; - conceived field theory - life space - valence - vector - barrier






42. 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






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






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






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






47. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






49. Lewin; life space; pushes person in the direction of + valence - away from - valence






50. 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







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