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GRE Psychology: Social Psychology

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1. Group polarization






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






3. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge






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






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






6. 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 -






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






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






12. Theory of reasoned action






13. Logical fallacy; small - insignificant first step in one direction will lead to greater steps with a significant impact






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






15. Elaboration likelihood model






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






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






18. Attribution theory - balance theory






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






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






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






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






23. 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)






24. 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)






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Hawthorne effect






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






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






34. The total influences upon individual behavior






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Stimulus-overload theory; also experiment where participants ordered to give 'painful electric shocks' to a 'learner' when incorrect - explored how people respond to orders; conditions that facilitated conformity: remoteness of victim - proximity of






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






42. 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






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






44. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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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50. Self-perception theory