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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






2. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






3. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






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






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






6. Groups take greater risks than individuals






7. 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)






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Festinger; it is uncomfortable for people to have beliefs that do not match actions; people are motivated to back actions up by changing beliefs; the less act is justified by circumstance - the more we feel need to justify it by aligning attitude wit






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






14. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better






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






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






18. 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






19. 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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20. Showed that we lack awareness for why we do what we do






21. 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)






22. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






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






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






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






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






28. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health






29. Theory of reasoned action






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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)






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. Hawthorne effect






41. Groupthink






42. Self-perception theory






43. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






49. 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






50. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health







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