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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






2. Inoculation theory






3. 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






4. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






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






7. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






9. Elaboration likelihood model






10. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






11. 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






12. Doll preference studies






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. Hawthorne effect






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






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






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






28. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






29. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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


35. Groups take greater risks than individuals






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






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






38. Conformity; change actions and beliefs to conform






39. 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






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






41. How stimuli are rated - the more we see/experience something - the more positively we rate it






42. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree






43. Assuming 2 unrelated things are related






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






45. Illusion of control






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






47. Evaluating one'S own actions - abilities - opinions - and ideas and comparing to others; - since others are generally familiar people (own social group) - used for argument against mainstreaming; --> when children with difficulties in classes with no






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






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






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