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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






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






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






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






6. 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)






7. 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)






8. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






11. 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






12. Self-perception theory






13. Illusion of control






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






15. M.J. Lerner - The belief that good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people - it is uncomfortable for people to accept that bad things happen to good people - so they blame the victim






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






17. Inoculation theory






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. 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)






34. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






35. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Groupthink






47. 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 -






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






49. 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






50. 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