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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






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






5. 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)






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






12. 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






13. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger






14. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability






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






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






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






18. Inoculation theory






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






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






21. Attribution theory - balance theory






22. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






23. 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






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






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






26. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






27. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






28. Assuming most other people think as you do






29. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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)






35. 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






36. 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






37. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






38. Self-perception theory






39. 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 -






40. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Set of behaviour norms that seem suitable for a person






49. Illusion of control






50. One of the first to apply psychology to business - specifically in advertising; also involved in helping military implement psychological testing to aid with personnel selection







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