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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






11. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






13. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Likely to occur in a group with unquestioned beliefs - pressure to conform - invulnerability - censors - cohesiveness - isolation - strong leader; to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critical testing - analyzing - or evaluating






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






28. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






29. Illusion of control






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






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






32. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love






33. 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 -






34. Cognitive dissonance theory






35. 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)






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






37. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






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






39. Groupthink






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






41. Self-perception theory






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






43. 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)






44. Particularly positive self-presentation is influencial on behaviour - we act in ways that align with our attitudes or in ways that will be accepted by others; self-monitoring; impression management






45. Elaboration likelihood model






46. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






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






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






50. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)







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