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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. 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






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






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






6. Elaboration likelihood model






7. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along






8. Achieved through: self-perception - high-self-monitoring - internality - self-efficacy; experiments facilitate this by having subjects perform tasks while looking in a mirror; deindividuation works against it






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






10. 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






11. Milgram; explains why urbanities are less prosocial than country people; they do not need any more interaction; e.g. emergency situations familiar to city people - novelty for town people will attract attention and help






12. 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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13. Attribution theory - balance theory






14. 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






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






16. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






17. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






19. 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






20. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Person who speaks out against majority






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






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






28. 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)






29. 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)






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Doll preference studies






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






37. 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 -






38. Group polarization






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






45. When 2 parties adapt to or are socialized by each other (e.g. parents and children)






46. Expert and/or trustworthy - similar to listener - acceptable to listener - overheard rather than obviously influencing - anecdotal - emotional - or shocking - part of a debate rather than one-sided argument

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47. Illusion of control






48. 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






49. 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)






50. Groups take greater risks than individuals