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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






5. 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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6. Person who speaks out against majority






7. 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)






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






9. 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






10. The total influences upon individual behavior






11. Theory of reasoned action






12. 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

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






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






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






16. Groupthink






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






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






19. Elaboration likelihood model






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






21. Attribution theory - balance theory






22. Self-perception theory






23. Sharing secrets/feelings facilitates emotional closeness






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






25. 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






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






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. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






29. 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






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






31. Illusion of control






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






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






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






35. Just world bias






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






37. 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






38. Cognitive dissonance theory






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






40. 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






41. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance






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






43. Frustration-aggression hypothesis






44. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






45. 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)






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






47. Petty and Cacioppo; model of persuasion suggests those involved in an issue listen to strength of arguments rather than more superficial factors






48. 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






49. Group polarization






50. 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