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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. 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






3. Argued that human have 6 basic emotions: sadness - happiness - fear - anger - surprise - disgust - drew conclusion from cross-cultural studies - individuals could recognize facial expressions corresponding to those six; FACS coding






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. 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)






11. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






12. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






13. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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 students in long-corridor dorms more stressed and withdrawn than those in suite-style






21. 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 -






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. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






25. Just world bias






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. Assuming most other people think as you do






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






36. 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)






37. Hawthorne effect






38. 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






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






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






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






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






43. Elaboration likelihood model






44. 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






45. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






46. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






48. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






49. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






50. 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