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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Attribution theory - balance theory






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






13. 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)






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






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






17. 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






18. Inoculation theory






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






20. Just world bias






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






26. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






27. 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






28. 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






29. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)






30. Theory of reasoned action






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






32. Doll preference studies






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






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






35. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






36. Self-perception theory






37. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






38. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






39. The total influences upon individual behavior






40. 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






41. 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






42. Illusion of control






43. 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






44. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed






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






46. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






48. 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






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






50. 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