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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






3. Person who speaks out against majority






4. 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 -






5. 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






6. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






9. Self-perception theory






10. Doll preference studies






11. 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






12. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






13. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






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






19. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






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






38. Illusion of control






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






40. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






42. 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






43. Assuming most other people think as you do






44. 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






45. 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






46. Achieved through: self-perception - high-self-monitoring - internality - self-efficacy; experiments facilitate this by having subjects perform tasks while looking in a mirror; deindividuation works against it






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. 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






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