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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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. Elaboration likelihood model






5. Assuming most other people think as you do






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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 -






12. Just world bias






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






14. Cognitive dissonance theory






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. The total influences upon individual behavior






22. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






23. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






24. Theory of reasoned action






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. Groups take greater risks than individuals






33. Self-perception theory






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. 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






36. 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






37. Person who speaks out against majority






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






39. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






40. Attribution theory - balance theory






41. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






42. 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






43. 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






44. Hawthorne effect






45. Doll preference studies






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






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







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