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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






10. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






12. 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






13. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






14. Just world bias






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






16. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Inoculation theory






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Tendency to work less hard in a group as a result of diffusion of responsibility; guarded against when each individual is closely monitored






29. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






31. Attribution theory - balance theory






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






39. 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)






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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