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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






6. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






8. Groupthink






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






10. 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






11. Doll preference studies






12. 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






13. Doing a small favour makes people more willing to do larger ones later






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






15. 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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16. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






20. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






21. 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






22. Studied environmental influences on behaviour; architecture matters. students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






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






24. Prejudice - showed group conflict most effectively overcome by need for cooperative attention to a higher superordinate goal; 2 groups of 12-year-old boys - 3 phases of group dynamics: in-group phase (bonding with own group) - friction phase (groups

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






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






27. Groups take greater risks than individuals






28. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action






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






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






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






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






33. Hawthorne effect






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






41. Assuming most other people think as you do






42. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






44. 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






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






46. Illusion of control






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






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






49. Dislike(-) - like (+) - balance if 1 or 3 + - imbalance if 0 or 2 + - too simplistic - Balance exists when all 3 fit together harmoniously - when there sin'T balance - there will be stress - and a tendency to remove stress by achieving balance






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