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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Just world bias






3. Follows from self-perception theory; tendency to assume we must not want to do things we are paid or compensated to do






4. 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

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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)






18. 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






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






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






21. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






23. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






24. 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






25. Elaboration likelihood model






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. Doll preference studies






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






31. Theory of reasoned action






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Self-perception theory






40. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. The total influences upon individual behavior






48. Cognitive dissonance theory






49. 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






50. 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