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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






2. Cognitive dissonance theory






3. Refusal to conform - may occur as result of blatant attempt to control; will not conform if forewarned that others will try to change them






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






5. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace






6. Doll preference studies






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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






13. Theory of reasoned action






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Group polarization






21. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






22. 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






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






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






25. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Deutsch; if 2 criminals detained separately - best strategy is for neither to talk - but it is a gamble that requires trust - so most spill the beans; in economic terms is the trucking company game


38. 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






39. Assuming most other people think as you do






40. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Self-perception theory






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. 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