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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. Attribution theory - balance theory






3. Illusion of control






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






5. 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)






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






7. 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






8. Groups take greater risks than individuals






9. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






10. Doll preference studies






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






12. Cognitive dissonance theory






13. 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






14. Self-perception theory






15. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






18. 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






19. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






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






21. 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)






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






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






24. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety






25. Group polarization






26. 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)






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






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. Hawthorne effect






30. 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






31. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






33. 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






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






35. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






42. 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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43. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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