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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
Self-fulfilling prophecy
James Stoner
Overjustification effect
Oversimplification
2. People most comfortable in situations which rewards and punishments are equal - fitting - or logical; - overbenefited people feel guilt - random/ illogical punishments create anxiety
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
Equity theory
Contact (Groups)
Field theory
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
Self-monitoring
Trucking company game
Slippery slope
Risky shift
4. Presence of others helps with easy tasks but hinders complex tasks
Mere-exposure effect
Reactance
Robert Zajonc
Illusion of control
5. Conformity; go along publicly but not privately
Inoculation theory
Compliance
Cognitive dissonance theory
Walter Dill Scott
6. Humans interact in ways that maximize reward and minimize costs
Muzafer Sherif
Social exchange theory
Richard Nisbett
Factors that a speaker has to most likely change a listener'S attitude
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
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
Contact (Groups)
Walter Dill Scott
Balance theory
8. Most in a group privately disagree but incorrectly believe most in group agree
Henry Landsberger
Gain-loss theory
Stanley MIlgram (study)
Pluralistic ignorance
9. Study how to increase worker productivity at Hawthorne Works - reported anything they did increased productivity; because performance changes when people are being observed
Conformity (types)
Halo effect
Hawthorne effect
Social exchange theory
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
Objective self-awareness
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
Attribution theory
doll preference studies
11. Attribution theory - balance theory
competition
M. Rokeach
Valence (life space)
Fritz Heider
12. Believing after the fact that you knew something all along
Hindsight bias
Just world bias
Robbers' cave experiment
False consensus bias
13. Beliefs are more vulnerable if never faced challenge
Inoculation theory
Social loafing
Gain-loss theory
Base-rate fallacy
14. Going along with real or perceived group pressure - compliance - acceptance
Pluralistic ignorance
Conformity (types)
Richard Lazarus
Theory of reasoned action/planned behaviour
15. Nursing home residents with plants to care for have better health
Social loafing
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Halo effect
Fritz Heider
16. Area of study that combines social and clinical ideas - for mental health
Social support network
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Kurt Lewin
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
17. With opposing party decreases conflict - we fear what we do not know`
Risky shift
Contact (Groups)
Social comparison
Attraction (in order of importance)
18. First official social psychology experiment on social facilitation; cyclists performed better when paced by others
Inoculation theory
Fritz Heider
Norman Triplett
Oversimplification
19. When one'S expectations draw out (in a way - cause) the expected behaviour
Trucking company game
Illusory correlation
Reactance
Self-fulfilling prophecy
20. Doing a small favour makes people more willing to do larger ones later
Passionate love
Foot-in-the-door phenomenon
Stanley Milgram
Objective self-awareness
21. An instrument that measures physiological reactions in order to measure truthfulness of attitude self-reporting
Illusion of control
Muzafer Sherif
Increase in likelihood to conform (factors)
Bogus pipeline
22. Lewin; life space; block locomotion between regions of person and psychological environment
J. Rodin and E. Langer
Walter Dill Scott
Barrier (life space)
Role
23. Studied stres sand coping - - differentiated between problem-focused coping (changing stressor) and emotion-focused coping (changing response)
Barrier (life space)
Vector (life space)
Base-rate fallacy
Richard Lazarus
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
Equity theory
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Representativeness heuristic
Just world bias
25. Stoner; group discussion generally serves to strengthen the already dominant point of view; explains risky shift
Group polarization
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
Availability heuristic
Slippery slope
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
Groupthink
Peter principle
Compliance
Just world bias
27. Lewin; collection of forces (valence - vector - barrier) on the individual - field of perception and action
Life space
Self-monitoring
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Philip Zimbardo
28. Frustration-aggression hypothesis
M. Rokeach
Leonard Berkowitz
Groupthink
Self-serving attributional bias
29. Illusion of control
Lee Ross
Ellen Langer
Kurt Lewin
Peter principle
30. Lewin; life space; + if person thinks region will reduce tension by meeting present needs - - if region with increase tension/ danger
Dissenter
Prisoner'S dilemma
Valence (life space)
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
31. Interpreting own actions and motives ina positive way - blaming situations for failures and taking credit for successes; think self as better than average
doll preference studies
diffusion of responsibility
Self-perception theory
Self-serving attributional bias
32. 2 basic types of love: passionate love and compassionate love
Stanley Milgram
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Daryl Bem
Elaine Hatfield
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 -
Cognitive dissonance theory
Barrier (life space)
Dissenter
Hazel Markus
34. Cognitive dissonance theory
Dissenter
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
bystander effect
Leon Festinger
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)
diffusion of responsibility
Illusion of control
Ellen Langer
Attribution theory
36. Thinking if someone has a good quality then he has only good qualities
Halo effect
Availability heuristic
Sociotechnical systems
Excitation-transfer theory
37. Behaving in ways that might make a good impression
Impression management
Social Psychology
Richard Lazarus
competition
38. Heider; how people make feelings/actions consistent to preserve psychological homeostasis
Balance theory
Self-monitoring
Groupthink
Social Psychology
39. Groupthink
Hazel Markus
Peter principle
Irving Janis
Muzafer Sherif
40. Berkowitz; there is a relationship between frustration in achieving a goal (no matter how small) and show aggression
Door-in-the-face
Life space
Sleeper effect
Frustration-aggression hypothesis
41. Self-perception theory
Risky shift
Daryl Bem
Balance theory
Cognitive dissonance theory
42. The study of how people relate to and influence each other
Ingroup/outgroup bias
Self-perception theory
Objective self-awareness
Social Psychology
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)
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Facial Action Coding System (FACS)
Robert Zajonc
Stanley Milgram
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
Self-presentation
Robert Zajonc
Oversimplification
Group polarization
45. Elaboration likelihood model
Stuart Valins
Attribution theory
R.E. Petty and J.T. Cacioppo
Gain-loss theory
46. Presence of others enhance or hinder performance
Kenneth and Mamie Clark
Social facilitation
Reciprocal socialization
Robbers' cave experiment
47. Method of work design - acknowledges interaction between people and technology in the workplace
Sociotechnical systems
bystander effect
Social loafing
Inoculation theory
48. Clark; demonstrated negative effects that group segregation had on African-American children'S self-esteem - they thought white dolls were better
Reciprocal interaction
Barrier (life space)
doll preference studies
Risky shift
49. Prisoner'S dilemma - trucking company game to illustrate struggle between cooperation and competition
Morton Deutsch
Philip Zimbardo
Robbers' cave experiment
M. Fischbein and I. Ajzen
50. Sometimes attribute excitement or physiological arousal about one thing to something else (e.g. bungee jumping on first date)
Barrier (life space)
Self-perception theory
Excitation-transfer theory
Fritz Heider
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