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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






7. 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






8. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis






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






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






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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. Continued Milgram'S study - --> deindividuated individuals more willing to administer higher levels of shock; --> prison simulation experiments found normal subjects could easily be transformed into sadistic prison guards; --> also found antisocial b






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






20. Elaboration likelihood model






21. Heider; how people infer causes of other'S behaviour; attribute intentions and emotions to almost anything - even shapes on a screen; 3 elements: locus - stability - controllability






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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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28. 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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29. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`






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






31. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Inoculation theory






37. Theory of reasoned action






38. 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)






39. Overestimating the general frequency of things we are most familiar with






40. 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






41. 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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42. 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






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






44. Groupthink






45. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love







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