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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






2. 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






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






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






5. 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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6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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)






19. 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






20. Assuming most other people think as you do






21. 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 -






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






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






24. Illusion of control






25. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






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






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






29. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






35. Elaboration likelihood model






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






41. People act in order to obtain gain and avoid loss; people favour situations that start out negative and end positive - even compared to completely positive situations






42. 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






43. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






44. Person who speaks out against majority






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






46. The Kitty Genovese care (murder witnessed by many people) - Why people are less likely to help when others are present






47. 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






48. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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